Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] look [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had to be fifty , but he did not look a day over thirty-five , an illusion helped by his lopsided boyish grin that was so very full of charm . |
| 2 | He did not look a particularly easy ride that day and could well prove a handful for his inexperienced rider . |
| 3 | I can not believe he came without Airey Neave 's permission , but it did not look a very comfortable arrangement , and I declined . |
| 4 | For one thing , he did not look the sort from whom one would borrow . |
| 5 | He did not look the least bit sorry , Lissa decided irritably . |
| 6 | Sparkling Flame , a cracking prospect two years ago , did not look the same horse when returning from injury last season . |
| 7 | And yet , she did n't look a sponger , she did n't sound a sponger . |
| 8 | ‘ He did n't look a bit like an earl , Guider , ’ she cried . |
| 9 | Not only did n't the soft voice sound like a witch 's , thought Virginia ; the face did n't look a bit like a witch 's ; in fact , she decided , the witch sounded and looked so sweet and gentle that she could n't be a witch ! |
| 10 | I did n't look a day older . |
| 11 | It was a marvellous site and , seen from so far away , the house did n't look a ruin . |
| 12 | There were occasions yesterday when she did n't look a bad player , certainly trimmer and more mobile than when she played the game for real , and showing some nimble footwork which Lionel himself would have envied . |
| 13 | Incola did n't look a likely winner either when 25 lengths behind pace-setter Great Max rounding Tattenham Corner . |
| 14 | The first impression that Talbot had of Wotherspoon was that he did n't look a bit like a professor or an archaeologist but then , he had to admit , he had no idea what a professor or archaeologist was supposed to look like . |
| 15 | The company is touting Compete 5 as its answer to Improv , but it did n't look a patch on the Lotus product . |
| 16 | I told him he did n't look a wicked person . |
| 17 | There did n't look a chance of another shock surprise win as there was at Carrick last week . |
| 18 | Now that she bothered to look she saw he did n't look a great deal better himself . |
| 19 | but erm it did n't look a very attractive proposition at the time |
| 20 | ‘ Collins was unbeaten when he faced me and he did n't look the same fighter coming off a loss . ’ |
| 21 | Philip wondered again about the ambush , but he did n't look the kind that would set up something . |
| 22 | ‘ I mean , when I saw him down the prom he did n't look the type at all — smart , respectable-looking lad . ’ |
| 23 | He just did n't look the right sort of boy — in the bathroom mirror he saw his wishy-washy face , freckled and slightly spotty , his wishy-washy blue eyes staring mournfully back ; in no way did the image relate to the brown , sparkling athletes who drank beer after a game of soccer in the commercials . |
| 24 | He did n't look the drinking type . |
| 25 | ‘ The helicopter I 'd been watching suddenly veered to port and its rotor blades did n't look the same . |
| 26 | It explained mathematically why the electron had spin 1/2 , that is , why it did n't look the same if you turned it through only one complete revolution , but did if you turned it through two revolutions . |
| 27 | He did n't look the sort of man to forgive and forget either . |
| 28 | No — she was presumably seeing to the food and Rupert did n't look the kind of man who would be good at arranging flowers . |
| 29 | He did n't look the kind of guy who could have taken a long prison sentence . |
| 30 | They did n't look the sort to go for a ramble |