Example sentences of "looked so [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And why Jimmy looked so pleased when told that the General Election deposit was £500 , and not £1,000 as he 'd supposed . |
| 2 | They looked so good that they came second in their section . |
| 3 | Rory suspected she looked so good because she did n't live here any more ; she lived in London , and Aunt Ilsa had got her a job working for a television company . |
| 4 | Those eyes looked so blue when he was angry like this , and in a way , after last night , it made things easier that he had come now , when there was Faye 's latest problem to think of . |
| 5 | He thought of trying this fancy on Cameron but his face looked so closed and dark , eyes narrowed and mouth-corners turned right down , that it forbade pleasantry . |
| 6 | Elizabeth 's eyes held the key to her sparkle and now that they were closed , she looked so wan and frail that his throat constricted with fear . |
| 7 | He looked so strained and tired that they offered to say the Rosary in his room but he brushed the offer aside . |
| 8 | The faces grinning from the tatty punk regalia looked so depraved and hollow-eyed that I could not bear to think of my American blues friends calling them ‘ sir ’ . |
| 9 | She looked so peaceful and relaxed , lying there with her eyes closed and no expression on her face , just the good bone formation and the smooth flesh with the bloom of healthy , slightly darkened skin , like a madonna , very beautiful . |
| 10 | And very upset that she looked so awful because we always thought she looked so lovely . |
| 11 | He looked so innocent that Mrs Maylie said , ‘ This child could never have been in a gang of robbers ! ’ |
| 12 | He looked so innocent and worried when he stopped me . |
| 13 | She could n't be annoyed — he looked so innocent and helpless in sleep . |
| 14 | This quiet group of people looked so simple and unassuming that at first he could not think what made them interesting to him , and then he realized that they gave every appearance of complete sincerity . |
| 15 | I could n't move the handle and yet it looked so easy when the man did it . |
| 16 | An unfinished coffin on black tressels , which stood in the middle of the shop , looked so gloomy and death-like that a cold tremble came over him , every time his eyes wandered in the direction of the dismal object : from which he almost expected to see some frightful form slowly rear its head , to drive him mad with terror . |
| 17 | His eyes looked so unhappy that she could hardly bear it , but before she could say anything more he had plunged on : ‘ It must have been obvious and I 'm sorry for that too . |
| 18 | He looked so frail as I watched Gavin help him out of the car , followed by the cat basket . |
| 19 | He looked so tall and reliable and gentle and wise , and always greeted her in a kindly way with a little bow and a murmur . |
| 20 | He looked so serious that Maggie could n't think of a thing to say . |
| 21 | ‘ He looked so nice and was so well spoken . |
| 22 | And she looked so nice and neat |
| 23 | For a few horrible moments I thought the motor would n't fire , but after several pulls it caught , then I just hooked my overnight bag over one shoulder , took the tiller and made for the shore , which looked so close that I felt I could have swum across . ’ |
| 24 | She looked so competent and self-assured , so hard , so distant from his own thought and feeling that she might just as well have been a stranger , passing by without a glance in the street . |
| 25 | She sipped her tea and looked so long and thoughtfully into the fire that Carrie began to think she had forgotten her . |
| 26 | On most of the walls there were stuffed heads ; lion , tiger , deer , something with horns like long corkscrews — and animals that looked so small and delicate … |
| 27 | It was hot , sunny and the water looked so cool and inviting that Maggie felt quite downcast about having no swimsuit . |
| 28 | He was so young some nights , I mean he looked so young and so quiet , and I was scared for him you see , so scared that he 'd get it wrong , that he 'd waste himself . |
| 29 | She looked so young and vulnerable , her head tilted to one side , waiting for forgiveness . |
| 30 | She smiled at him softly , he looked so young and vulnerable in the too-big night-shirt , a child who until now had borne the responsibilities of a man . |