Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] look as " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not look as if she might be dying of some dreadful disease . |
| 2 | Paul , in his shabby old suit , did not look as if he could pay for anything ; and the lawyer had sized him up . |
| 3 | Idealism , then , simply did not look as if it had much to say about the major events in international relations in the 1930s . |
| 4 | It did not look as if this last act would take very long . |
| 5 | It did not look as if women would ever be part of the Edinburgh Typographical Society ; but in fact , the women compositors did finally gain first admission to the men 's union as a subordinate section and finally control ( within limits ) of their own affairs . |
| 6 | He did not look as if he had ever had much to lend . |
| 7 | But Alice did not look as if she ran to anyone . |
| 8 | Blanche was right to insist that these leads were followed up but it did not look as if they were going to take them anywhere . |
| 9 | But Crumwallis in his present state did not look as if he would provide a soothing influence upstairs . |
| 10 | No one spoke to her , but she did not look as if she expected anyone to do so . |
| 11 | Candace Rainford was clinging to his arm and he did not look as if he minded in the slightest . |
| 12 | He did not look as if he meant it . |
| 13 | They did not look as if that was the case , actually . |
| 14 | ‘ We had plenty of the ball but we did not look as if we could do anything from our set plays and we did not look likely to score from them . ’ |
| 15 | She was a plain woman with the apparent placidity of the overweight , but she did n't look as if she missed much . |
| 16 | It did n't look as if Hatton had been up to much on that Monday morning in Leeds , but you never knew . |
| 17 | It did n't look as if that particular conversation was going to be necessary in this case . |
| 18 | He felt sure the man had been paid some sort of allowance for putting him up , but it did n't look as if any of it was going to be spent on food . |
| 19 | By the Thursday night , she was getting tired and it did n't look as if the try-out week was going to be a success . |
| 20 | The armholes looked too short , the sleeves did n't look as if they would fit and the bust size was nowhere near the size that was required . |
| 21 | Alexander was a tall man with a thin , unsmiling face and black , cold eyes who did n't look as if he could possibly be anybody 's very dear friend . |
| 22 | She did n't look as if she had slept too well and admitted as much . |
| 23 | KITS needed much more of her attention than it had been getting recently , and was now in a disturbing financial position : it did n't look as if the company would make a profit in 1966 . |
| 24 | Rushdie was apparently ready to apologize , but it did n't look as if that would convince the Ayatollah to withdraw the fatwa and Rushdie was in hiding somewhere in England . |
| 25 | Very handy with a hip flask , but did n't look as if he could tell a Renoir from a Renault . |
| 26 | ( Or : At first it did n't look as if they had much in common . ) |
| 27 | The window did n't look as if it had been cleaned on the outside in years , and there were splashes of pigeon droppings on the sill . |
| 28 | After all , he knew Mr Parnham better than she did and he did n't look as if he could be fooled at all . |
| 29 | If she 'd been staying on the boat for any length of time it would have been necessary to find somewhere to go for a shower or a bath , but it did n't look as if that particular problem would arise . |
| 30 | That girl in the photos did n't look as if she ever did more than totter from A to B on the highest of spindly heels . |