Example sentences of "[adv] look [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 31 | I had not looked in a mirror for a long time , not closely . |
| 32 | And I mean if they 'd not looked in a paper in nineteen eighty seven eighty eight , and realized that fifteen percent of the fund had suddenly gone missing cos it had you know dropped they they 'd have still got income from their investments , and if they did n't need to cash it , then it would have been no problem at all . |
| 33 | I think he 's trying to look all grown up and that , but he do n't really — he just looks like a young kid trying to be grown up . |
| 34 | ‘ It just looks like a scrap of old cloth or parchment or something , ’ said Tina . |
| 35 | Nobody had ever seen a baby before , and when the mother saw his little body and his little feet and hands , and his little cunning face , she thought ‘ why he just looks like a little man . ’ |
| 36 | It looks very convincing I must say , it just looks like a farmer |
| 37 | like if anybody else saw it it just looks like a piece of dirt . |
| 38 | Financially troubled Sequoia Systems Inc says it is no longer looking for a buyer — it did n't get any acceptable offers in the first place — and is talking to minority investor Hewlett-Packard Co about new funding to get development its PA-RISC-based fault tolerant machines back on the tracks . |
| 39 | Financially troubled Marlborough , Massachusetts-based Sequoia Systems Inc says it is no longer looking for a buyer — it did n't get any acceptable offers in the first place — and is talking to minority investor Hewlett-Packard Co about new funding to get development its Precision Architecture RISC-based fault-tolerant machines back on the tracks : Hewlett has hitherto seemed doubtful about further involvement . |
| 40 | The unions , including her own Transport and General Workers ' Union , are no longer looking like a pushover for her . |
| 41 | However , at the time that Penrose produced his theorem , I was a research student desperately looking for a problem with which to complete my Ph.D . |
| 42 | No , we 're not looking at a new wonder drug , you know , the type that you swallow with a glass of water . |
| 43 | I belatedly realized I was not looking at a reproduction . |
| 44 | ‘ We are not looking for a leader , ’ Douglas Wilson from Burton said . |
| 45 | You are not looking for a fast drop in weight . |
| 46 | ‘ We 're not looking for a conflict . |
| 47 | Second , most people who are in work are keeping their heads down and not looking for a new job , so there is less competition from those in work . |
| 48 | They are not looking for a tough fight but for a victim — someone who will cower or quake with fear like a doomed rabbit . |
| 49 | Like gangs , bullies are not looking for a stand-up fight , but for a victim ; the best way to beat them is to give more trouble than they can handle . |
| 50 | But the athletes are making an unprecedented demand for a slice of the lucrative financial action and Tom Jennings , the agent spearheading their case , countered : ‘ We are not looking for a militant takeover , just a share of the wealth . |
| 51 | Digital Equipment Corp says that its Alpha second source agreement with Mitsubishi Electric Corp is not an exclusive pact and that it is talking with other firms that may become second sources of the chip ; ‘ We are not looking for a large number of semiconductor partners , however we are having discussions with other semiconductor companies ; those relationships could happen at various levels , ’ — DEC may still seek other firms to design versions without the marketing that Mitsubishi is providing . |
| 52 | That 's why I sympathise with Audrey and I feel sure she 's not looking for a new man . |
| 53 | This is , I , I 'm not looking for a |
| 54 | He told himself he was not looking for a lover , but simply the opportunity to tell Resenence about the dream . |
| 55 | ‘ I am not looking for a ghost . |
| 56 | So I 'm not looking for a response to what he says at this stage . |
| 57 | Staff at Watford Gap say they 're not looking for a place in the annals of high cuisine , just to continue making their customers a nice cup of tea in the morning or a nice cup of tea with their tea . |
| 58 | And the chairman added : ‘ While we will have to strengthen the squad to compete at the higher level , we are certainly not looking for a lot of new players . |
| 59 | not well enough to do that , so I 'm not looking for a job yet , she said your nerves are all |
| 60 | I 'm not looking for a Jag ! |