Example sentences of "look the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Special Branch would look the other way . |
| 2 | Crows , like the ones that hover round the summit of Buchaille Etive Mor , could fly in a pyramid formation and play the trumpet and walkers would still look the other way . |
| 3 | It may even be morally permissible to kill the child ; but the criminal law neither now nor in the future will countenance this , though it may look the other way from time to time . |
| 4 | He just did n't look the right sort of boy — in the bathroom mirror he saw his wishy-washy face , freckled and slightly spotty , his wishy-washy blue eyes staring mournfully back ; in no way did the image relate to the brown , sparkling athletes who drank beer after a game of soccer in the commercials . |
| 5 | He may not look the fittest man on the field , but he has the biggest heart . |
| 6 | ’ Well , all I can say , Miss Lightbody , is that you do n't look the slightest bit awful to me and , second , that your sister 's explanation as to why you were absent last week is good enough to me . |
| 7 | ‘ Collins was unbeaten when he faced me and he did n't look the same fighter coming off a loss . ’ |
| 8 | Does n't look the same breed as these though . |
| 9 | Sparkling Flame , a cracking prospect two years ago , did not look the same horse when returning from injury last season . |
| 10 | Clearly , they do not look the same length ; and clearly the child 's thought is focused on the tips ( ‘ centrated on ’ in the jargon ) . |