Example sentences of "it [vb past] look " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reading was difficult for me , especially when it involved looking at the chalkboard , and I soon found myself being classed as ‘ thick ’ . |
| 2 | They say that it wes the different claes that done it — the way the butler dressed — an it hed looked at the claes an taen a bad wey o the claes . |
| 3 | In particular , it promised to look again at the case of Canford Heath in Dorset , where a recent court judgement upheld the decision by Poole Borough Council to build houses on the heath in the face of vociferous opposition from conservation groups , led by the World Wide Fund for Nature [ see ED no . |
| 4 | I heaved myself out , folded my own blanket , lifted the boards and sorted everything till it looked how it 'd looked last night . |
| 5 | As the light failed , it came to look like the mysterious seas on the moon . |
| 6 | Like the first letter from Mrs Girdlestone it was short and simple , and like that letter ( but now the feeling was stronger ) it seemed to look up at me and to say , ‘ I am in code , you know . |
| 7 | Alongside the German economic miracle and the U.S. trading surplus with the world , it began to look as if Britain was the new Sick Man of Europe . |
| 8 | It began to look as if a wee riot might be in order . |
| 9 | After this remarkable visit , the volcano continued to be active for a week or two , but the explosive activity died down somewhat , and it began to look as though the eruption was going to be just a nine-days ' wonder , and would soon fade away and be forgotten . |
| 10 | It began to look as if the way was clear for members of the department to take any action they chose , in the sure knowledge that their decisions on how to deal with problems such as the W family would be implemented . |
| 11 | And yet , the more Branson thought about Field 's scheme , the more feasible — and attractive — it began to look . |
| 12 | The simplest solution would be to raise grants to a civilised level and then to peg them to the movement of wages or prices , but this was not among the options considered by the government when it began to look at student funding . |
| 13 | As Hurley obviously knew nothing about it , it began to look as if Ibrahim was working both sides of the street . |
| 14 | It began to look to him like a conspiracy . |
| 15 | It began to look … |
| 16 | It began to look increasingly like it . |
| 17 | Within the Labour Party the Socialist League was finding that its attempts to remould policy were resented and rejected and it began to look for allies outside the Party . |
| 18 | But it began to look as though they were destined to attend at least part of the party . |
| 19 | And it began to look very sick and sorry for itself . |
| 20 | It was alright for a few weeks and then it began to look very anaemic and sorry for itself . |
| 21 | Dave Morris , the Ramblers ' Scottish officer , said the Government had already accepted that it needed to look to Europe for future ideas for the countryside . |
| 22 | But BZW remains more pessimistic , believing the FT-SE index would have to fall to 2,200 before it started to look attractive to investors . |
| 23 | The dish contained something shiny and wobbly and pink with a cherry on it , and in some strange way it managed to look like something you would n't eat even if it was pushed on to your plate after a week 's starvation diet . |
| 24 | Er and it , it kept looking at me and I thought cheeky little bugger . |
| 25 | Her fairy-tale prince , so handsome that it hurt to look at him . |
| 26 | It did look like Tumbleweed . |
| 27 | Even if Nazi domestic policies were worrying , it did look as if the Nazis were maintaining a friendly stance towards Poland . |
| 28 | The lank look had disappeared and it did look lighter . |
| 29 | Hank was fun , even if it did look as if he would never make Grade 12 and never earn much . |
| 30 | It did look good from the outside , even at this time of the year , an eighteenth-century fenland cottage , half-timbered and thatch-roofed , originally built as a home for the man who worked the sluice gates . |