Example sentences of "[verb] look the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IF you want to look the part in the nineties , do n't wear make-up . |
| 2 | A farmer friend of mine came to look the place over shortly after we bought it and he gave me some useful advice : that , whatever happened , we must enjoy doing the work . |
| 3 | The shoulder belays and cricket sweaters were intended to look the part . |
| 4 | I do prefer to wear smart clothes for work ; it 's still not easy for women in business to be taken seriously — I like to look the part . |
| 5 | You must have looked the type . |
| 6 | I simply remove myself , calmly , and with a dignity that must be noticed even by those who would have to look the word up in a dictionary to get some faint glimmer of an idea of what the concept actually means . |
| 7 | I do n't know , we 'll have to look the book up . |
| 8 | Peony preferred to be regarded for herself and not just as a stamp of her mother 's , for her mother was beautiful , but Peony knew that although she did look the pattern of her mother , she had not her beauty or her presence . |
| 9 | But I believe he is still seething about being dragged into the debate and left to look the villain of the piece . |
| 10 | Even if they 'd let them in let them get their seats and said look the bar is not open . |
| 11 | As a young romeo , Crawford had to look the part . |
| 12 | I had to look the word up , you know , look the word up in a dictionary to find out what it meant . |
| 13 | With Amdahl Corp faced with an uphill struggle to adjust its business so that it can thrive in a post-mainframe world , and all its other major investments — things like the former Poqet Computer Corp and HAL Computers Inc still in the development stage and demanding more capital , while its own core business is a victim of the mainframe malaise , Fujitsu Ltd 's 80% of ICL Plc begins to look the company 's most valuable asset , making it increasingly likely that the company will in due course want to float a lot more than the 25% it originally suggested on the London International Stock Exchange : Fujitsu 's biggest problem is the one now facing all big Japanese companies — that the days of cheap capital at home are gone with the bubble economy , probably forever , and many Japanese companies issued convertibles in the 1980s that are coming up to maturity ; with prices on the Tokyo exchange still bombed out , few holders are going to want to convert into shares , which means that issuers will have to raise expensive new capital on the international markets to redeem them . |
| 14 | But I have to look the part . |