Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] look the " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 For one thing , he did not look the sort from whom one would borrow .
2 He did not look the least bit sorry , Lissa decided irritably .
3 Sparkling Flame , a cracking prospect two years ago , did not look the same horse when returning from injury last season .
4 ‘ Collins was unbeaten when he faced me and he did n't look the same fighter coming off a loss . ’
5 Philip wondered again about the ambush , but he did n't look the kind that would set up something .
6 ‘ I mean , when I saw him down the prom he did n't look the type at all — smart , respectable-looking lad . ’
7 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 .
8 He did n't look the drinking type .
9 ‘ The helicopter I 'd been watching suddenly veered to port and its rotor blades did n't look the same .
10 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 .
11 He did n't look the sort of man to forgive and forget either .
12 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 .
13 He did n't look the kind of guy who could have taken a long prison sentence .
14 They did n't look the sort to go for a ramble
15 She said well they did n't look the type , I was going well now
  Next page