Example sentences of "[vb mod] look a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must look a wreck . ’ |
| 2 | Jesus , thought Jay , I must look a mess , careful enhancing make-up at the school of Cherry Morello smeared everywhere . |
| 3 | Her swollen lips burned and she knew she must look a mess . |
| 4 | Must look a bit odd , I suppose . ’ |
| 5 | Must look a bit as if everything 's coming to an end . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I know we must look a kind of circus . |
| 7 | It must look a picture in the summer ! she thought , her gaze lifting to the sweeping roofline which suggested a sense of soaring , almost of weightlessness . |
| 8 | Now that 's probably er one of the least well-defined areas for standards , and I mean if you say Edifact to er a North American user they 'll look a bit puzzled , if you say it to somebody who knows something about Edifact they 'll say , Which Edifact standard is that ? |
| 9 | ‘ Now , get some of this inside you and you 'll look a bit more like . |
| 10 | I 'll look like , well I 'll look a bit strange but er oh well |
| 11 | Because I 'm going out with people from work tonight and seeing as I 'm so it 'll look a bit off . |
| 12 | But with a , it 's just that er if you have er in the wrong place it 'll look a bit untidy with the other things coming up when the bulbs are dying down . |
| 13 | there was a woman there that erm the police do this service thing where they 'll look a car over for you , if you bought a car that you know has been er in an accident and it 's been |
| 14 | The mushroom compost might look a bit straw-like at first , but the plants soon grow together over it . |
| 15 | I mean , okay if it is the kid — the gardener said a pile of comics and old coke tins — but if it 's a six-foot tramp with a ten-year-old IQ I might look a bit silly asking him about his home life . ’ |
| 16 | While it might look a bit strange , even antiquated , to anyone who has only ever thought of guitar tuners as pocket sized oblong boxes with LEDs or a needle and a retail price of around forty quid , the Peterson 's ability to accurately tune any musical instrument is known throughout the music industry . |
| 17 | However , although he might look a bit lost , he makes good in Year 2 . |
| 18 | Londoners discovered that despite the dire predictions , the Scots might look a bit terrifying , but they were more interested in the goings-on at Wembley . |
| 19 | ‘ Well I do n't know , we might look a bit further … |
| 20 | I remember Lorne saying something to the effect that it might look a bit bulky but , with their excellent petrol , in the long run it was neater than bringing hundreds of spare flashlight batteries along . |
| 21 | Erm , if I put a space in , it might look a bit better . |
| 22 | Ron Atkinson may look a bit odd , but he knows the management business — and his cufflinks are bigger than some players ' cars . |
| 23 | He may look a bit glamorous , in his overdone way , but he 's poison all the way through . ’ |
| 24 | He may look a bit feeble to you , but underneath he 's a man of principle . |
| 25 | ‘ It may look a mess in them stables but it 's all in here , ’ Stanley said , pointing to his brain . |
| 26 | She need not rely for her sense of identity upon outward appearance ; she may in fact look beautiful , she may look a mess ; it does not matter greatly at that particular time . |
| 27 | This may look a lot but when you work out the amount per dose it 's a very different story . |
| 28 | She may look a ruin topside , but beJaisus , the engine-room … |
| 29 | Now that box can save us we could look a bit happier . |
| 30 | ‘ Strikes me you 'd look a treat yourself riding bareback at a circus . ’ |