Example sentences of "it [verb] for [adj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surmounted by a slender clock-tower , which summoned the Belgian bourgeoisie to rendezvous with the trains as surely as any muezzin summoning the faithful to prayer , it looks for all the world as if it has been transported by some mischievous jinn on a magic carpet . |
| 2 | It seems for many the idea of setting up behind the bar is even more powerful than the interest rates . |
| 3 | He decided to live in Dorset and chose this site ( where an earlier house had been ) , because it looked for all the world as though , when the house was built , it could sail straight out to sea . |
| 4 | It looked for all the world like a — |
| 5 | It looked for all the world like a keyhole . |
| 6 | It sounded for all the worlds like a little harmonica . |