Example sentences of "did [not/n't] look so " in BNC.

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1 Although , to his eyes , Bath did not look so very different , the woman across the table did .
2 When they were given a choice between a familiar and a novel member of the opposite sex , birds might actually choose the familiar even when the novel really did not look so very different to our eyes ( Miller , 1979 ; Bateson , 1980 ; Slater & Clements , 1981 ) .
3 He did not look so much like Francis today .
4 Tonight he did not look so stern , and there was a softness in his fine , dark eyes .
5 She did not look so gaunt and old , and her lips were red and full , and curved , like a smile but not quite a smile .
6 Sophia herself was wearing a green jersey suit and a small hat , but she felt that she did not look so absolutely right as Ianthe , whose plain blue woollen dress was set off by a feather-trimmed hat which had just the right touch of slightly dowdy elegance — if there could be such a thing .
7 ‘ She did n't look so breathtakingly confident last night , darling , ’ Margaret Stanhope said to the radio set .
8 ‘ People would say it did n't look so bad , but they do notice all the same .
9 And the £24,000 motor did n't look so new when it was found scratched a few hours later in Gateshead , Tyne and Wear .
10 I thought he did n't look so good .
11 The bungalow did n't look so large from the back , just discreetly expensive , a low white outline from which the lawn sloped gently down to a neat concreted waterside .
12 The bodice hung in folds but when she pulled the belt good and tight it did n't look so bad .
13 A joke against authority that now did n't look so good .
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