Example sentences of "[pron] looks [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Neither of the pair of them looks a likely case , ’ said the earl consideringly , ‘ to crush another man 's head with a stone , though there 's no saying what any man may do in extremes . |
| 2 | Grattan is only 5 per cent ahead which looks a poor defence against wage costs rising by 8 per cent and high street occupancy costs by 20 per cent . |
| 3 | Nobody in Wickwar , ‘ a hamlet ’ , admitted to more than £4 , while the lord of the manor owned more than half the wealth of Alderley , where a man of £50 was the only one who looks a potential clothier . |
| 4 | ‘ She looks a happy child . ’ |
| 5 | Well actually when it 's in the sun one looks a silvery gold . |
| 6 | His great strength is that he looks a small-'c' conservative , with that appealing moderation which used to be thought Tory . |
| 7 | Wears glasses , and he looks a real idiot ! |
| 8 | He looks a bad colour to me . " |
| 9 | In red stockings , a long yellow cape and a face mask he looks a Latin American version of Superman . |
| 10 | It was n't so much a case of thinking : he looks a lovely chappie . |
| 11 | He looks a tough customer to deal with . |
| 12 | He looks no different than when he was here . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ He looks the other way , then ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Geographically it looks a long way but in travel time it is n't very far at all . ’ |
| 15 | As I say , it looks a nice day if you were wrapped up you could later on , go a little walk . |
| 16 | Ibrox chairman David Murray admitted : ‘ It looks a reasonable draw but there will be no easy games . |
| 17 | IT LOOKS a substantial book but there are so many blank pages it is rather expensive for the amount of information . |
| 18 | He said today ‘ It looks a complete mess at the moment . |
| 19 | A female usually very , but , I do n't know , it looks a young bird to me . |
| 20 | He turned an enquiring gaze upon her as she marched towards the house , but before following her he held out his hands to Millie as she went to jump off the last step , saying now in a low tone , ‘ It looks a good enough day ’ — he pointed to the back of the cart — ‘ what 's up ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ It looks a good many at first glance , but I doubt if there are five hundred men there ready to leave . |
| 22 | I looked at , it looks a good little shop does that |
| 23 | That 's one thing here , will get them in and out , but I 've spoken to patients who say they do n't get the care here and , on the surface it looks a brilliant hospital , it gets them in and out , you know , it does everything , it 's got all the facilities but it does n't give them the care . |
| 24 | yeah it looks a real treat it does and it 's just taken that Cuprinol nicely but mind you I did n't put it up too thick I well it 's had two coats so it does , it looks a treat so er I 'm a I 'm very pleased with it anyway and er the woman there , Rita |
| 25 | On the surface , it looks a bold and attractive programme . |
| 26 | While it looks a fine piece of work , the laminated tiller is extremely intrusive , extending to within a foot or two of the companionway itself . |
| 27 | But in the moonlight now it looks a shiny black . |
| 28 | ‘ It looks a magnificent cake , but I 've just eaten . ’ |
| 29 | BIZARRE : It looks a miniature mosque — but this is a beach hut on Sheik Zayed 's Sir Banyi Yas island |
| 30 | And it looks a little bit sort of set up having that totally different stool brought into the picture . |