Example sentences of "[verb] it look [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know it looks different does n't it ? |
| 2 | It looks it looks passable dun n it ? |
| 3 | No it looks it looks wrong . |
| 4 | I want it looking special in there . |
| 5 | The times I have heard : ‘ We want it to look nice , mind you , but not take a lot of time . |
| 6 | If you do a lot of entertaining and want it to look spectacular at night , then mirror tiles will gleam and sparkle and reflect candle-light beautifully . |
| 7 | Coming off the combine at 15% moisture , he says it looked good . |
| 8 | Mr Frost says it looks real nice in the summer when all the flowers come out . |
| 9 | he says it looks nice as well |
| 10 | And erm not only er do I think that er she 'll probably be reasonably good with , with finals I 'm absolutely sure that her course reports from , you know , all the places where she 's been will be better than most of the other candidates , you know , because she brings home these , the these reports , you know , and she says it looks alright , you know , beginning of the course Nurse is lacking in this or has not got that or is not , you know , you think mm pretty the end of the course Nurse got the hang of , is very good , has done this , has done that , has supported this and you think mm pretty , well that 's lovely you know but she did n't have the experience during the whatever , she had been given the experience and the end of it brilliant |
| 11 | Have you made it look nice ! |
| 12 | In particular , the weakness of the US dollar has made it look cheap on a comparison of purchasing power . |
| 13 | Torvill and Dean have always made it look easy . |
| 14 | As the blue coronet of flame reached upwards , her hands guarding it looked transparent . |
| 15 | Being medieval , she thought it was unsuitable for the church to be visibly glittering , but , if the pews and the brass were n't polished , it quickly looked sad and Anna did not like it to look sad . |
| 16 | Christ God dealt with the problem which spoiled his image in us and he has to do it because of fundamental thing , he 's got ta do it from the centre , you know you can get an apple , an ordinary apple and you can polish it up and you can have it so that it 's bright and glistening and the red is almost you know it , it , it , it almost dazzles you the shining on it , it 's got a real good polish on the skin , but inside , there 's a grub , and all the polishing in the world does n't get rid of the grub , and you see that 's so often what we do , we polish and polish away on the outside , that 's gon na make us better but it 's only skin deep because inside the grub is having a field day , he 's having a party of all party 's , he 's got an whole apple to himself and the grub of sin in your life and in my life is having , has a field day and we polish the outside and we try and make it look good and we be we become presentable and there like the apple on the market stall it looks good , it looks tremendous until you take a bite out of it and you see in the bit that you 've bitten there 's a , there 's a hole going through and you wonder where the grub is , is it in the bit that 's left or in the bit that you 've eaten and this is just like sin you see in our lives and so God in Christ he did n't deal with the outside bit , he did n't bother trying to make our conditions better , he did n't bother trying to work on the outside , that 's the difference between the gospel and social work and there 's nothing wrong with social work , it 's just that it 's going , it 's coming from the wrong end , it starts on the outside , it will educate people if we give them better housing , if we give them better circumstances , if we give them better wages , now all these things are right and that we should have them , but that does n't make any difference , you see , the person is a sinner , all he becomes if you educate him is an educated sinner , if you give him a huge pay rise all he becomes is a rich sinner , if you put him in a palace all he becomes is er a sinner living in a palace , it does n't make any basic difference to the person . |
| 17 | but the back of the settee goes right back I know it looks nice , that 's about all I 'll say for it . |
| 18 | The first crag seen as you enter the valley is Buckbarrow Crag — a mere ten minutes from the car ( yes , I know it looks further but trust me ) . |
| 19 | I know it looks dramatic . … |
| 20 | I know it looks bad . ’ |
| 21 | Do n't use a varnish finish unless the door is very well protected by a porch and you are prepared for regular and frequent maintenance to keep it looking good . |
| 22 | The money raised at this event is put towards the running of the church and things needed for the village to keep it looking attractive . |
| 23 | But I reckon it looks OK . |
| 24 | do n't matter , it just feels clean , I 've had it short and shaped , have a good shape on it and do you know the next time you have it cut I do n't know you want looking at , now the next time you go , go to the Darrow in Milford yeah because you 're in problems and they know you need it because he 'll give you a good shape on it and then you have it shaped once a month or once every three weeks or once a fortnight and keep it looking nice that way and it 's four pounds , four ninety nine , four ninety , four seventy five yeah but just keep it nice and shaped and it wo n't look any different , there ai n't nothing wrong with it mm mm mm no no right , right , right tra la |
| 25 | Oh I bet it looks good . |
| 26 | ‘ You thought it looked odd ? ’ he said . |
| 27 | There were , though , negative comments : 17% of respondents thought it looked extravagant and was too glossy . |
| 28 | do n't be silly , no I thought it looked better at this other bit , this butcher 's , it looked leaner , but erm it was n't perhaps , perhaps I did n't cook it enough yesterday , drink your drink |
| 29 | There were some ragged robins in a jar on the windowsill ; she put the jar on the tray and thought it looked nice . |
| 30 | I thought it looked lovely . |