Example sentences of "[vb base] it looks [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christ God dealt with the problem which spoiled his image in us and he has to do it because of fundamental thing , he 's got ta do it from the centre , you know you can get an apple , an ordinary apple and you can polish it up and you can have it so that it 's bright and glistening and the red is almost you know it , it , it , it almost dazzles you the shining on it , it 's got a real good polish on the skin , but inside , there 's a grub , and all the polishing in the world does n't get rid of the grub , and you see that 's so often what we do , we polish and polish away on the outside , that 's gon na make us better but it 's only skin deep because inside the grub is having a field day , he 's having a party of all party 's , he 's got an whole apple to himself and the grub of sin in your life and in my life is having , has a field day and we polish the outside and we try and make it look good and we be we become presentable and there like the apple on the market stall it looks good , it looks tremendous until you take a bite out of it and you see in the bit that you 've bitten there 's a , there 's a hole going through and you wonder where the grub is , is it in the bit that 's left or in the bit that you 've eaten and this is just like sin you see in our lives and so God in Christ he did n't deal with the outside bit , he did n't bother trying to make our conditions better , he did n't bother trying to work on the outside , that 's the difference between the gospel and social work and there 's nothing wrong with social work , it 's just that it 's going , it 's coming from the wrong end , it starts on the outside , it will educate people if we give them better housing , if we give them better circumstances , if we give them better wages , now all these things are right and that we should have them , but that does n't make any difference , you see , the person is a sinner , all he becomes if you educate him is an educated sinner , if you give him a huge pay rise all he becomes is a rich sinner , if you put him in a palace all he becomes is er a sinner living in a palace , it does n't make any basic difference to the person . |
| 2 | but the back of the settee goes right back I know it looks nice , that 's about all I 'll say for it . |
| 3 | The first crag seen as you enter the valley is Buckbarrow Crag — a mere ten minutes from the car ( yes , I know it looks further but trust me ) . |
| 4 | I know it looks dramatic . … |
| 5 | I know it looks bad . ’ |
| 6 | But I reckon it looks OK . |
| 7 | Oh I bet it looks good . |
| 8 | But without the letterpress push it looks sad . |
| 9 | I mean it looks alright if you 've got all the gear on you know cycling shorts and top and everything |
| 10 | I think it looks nice like . |
| 11 | Well I think it looks nice ! |
| 12 | I think it looks awful on boys ! |
| 13 | You just think it looks good to be seen with books that nobody can pronounce the name of . |
| 14 | Well I think it looks good but like that cos it looks like clear water . |
| 15 | and there is so many people smoking where , in the pubs that I go to and I do n't have it cos I think it looks disgusting I come here and because we go around in like threes and it 's , you know , |
| 16 | I think it looks more like a kennel . |
| 17 | Look at that little boy there in the leather coat and the little glasses I think it looks lovely . |
| 18 | I think it looks lovely ! |
| 19 | From the nut up is unmistakably PRS , and while one or two people around the office were n't sure if they liked the standard PRS headstock shape on this design I think it looks fine , instantly identifying the instrument . |
| 20 | I think it looks alright when it 's cut back . |
| 21 | My mum 's had her nose pierced for ages ; I think it looks beautiful . |
| 22 | But when you see older people who are addicted , I think it looks double sad ’ |
| 23 | ‘ But when you see older people who are addicted , I think it looks double sad . |
| 24 | I wonder whether that 's what er , I wonder i you see it looks damp on the top does n't it ? |