Example sentences of "[vb past] look [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In her day , Mrs Thatcher tried to look like a normal human being and went shopping . |
| 2 | He spotted at once the no-nonsense tones of the Koran , and , as always when The Book was being quoted , kept his eyes on his chest and tried to look like a man willing to leap off his chair on to all fours , ready for total prostration at any moment . |
| 3 | This seemed to me to be a pretty fair definition of hell , but I tried to look like a man who enjoyed such occasions . |
| 4 | PC Blenkinsop pushed out his narrow chest and tried to look like an all-knowing , sophisticated officer . |
| 5 | ‘ If I tell anyone that we stopped to look for a ghost , they 'll laugh at me , and if I was you , I would n't tell your mates either . |
| 6 | Coming to Old Gang Smelting Mills we stopped to look for a while at the most complete collection of buildings still standing in the mining field , although comparing them now with photographs taken in the 1930s it 's obvious that they 're slowly falling apart . |
| 7 | DEC quit looking for an Alpha RISC second source when it became apparent foundries were n't willing to make the kind of investment needed without knowing whether the thing was really going to take off , says Electronic News . |
| 8 | Dr Neil avoided looking at a bridling McAllister , particularly when Mrs Darrell went on to say , still in the same shriek , ‘ Hope she 's honest , Neil . |
| 9 | She 'd looked for an opening and had had to contrive her entry . |
| 10 | One matron declared that if Ms Wilikins-the accent was on the Ms — came looking for a seat in Camberley she would receive short shrift . |
| 11 | His greatest wall had been built when Mr Fractor came to look for a book on logarithms . |
| 12 | Gone are the days when a hand-painted sign advertising a ‘ Real working farm experience ’ meant the townie parents paid £10 and got to look at an old plough while their children cuddled a fat , flop-eared rabbit . |
| 13 | So we agreed to look for a new approach " . |
| 14 | On Oct. 28 , Azerbaijan 's President Abulfaz Elchibey agreed to look for a compromise candidate for interior minister . |
| 15 | The interior of the bus was lit only by a small torch made to look like an old lamp , the type you see in Westerns , and from what I could see I was glad there was no more light . |
| 16 | The men were taken into a tent and allowed to look at a group of objects for a short period after which they had to recall every detail they had observed . |
| 17 | The new factory was built on the far side of the property , leaving Barlaston surveying a fine sweep of parkland down to a river widened to look like a lake . |
| 18 | I picked up a book , but put it down again and began looking at a tiny red spider on the leaf of a geranium , ad lost count of time . |
| 19 | Coleridge and Sara fixed their wedding for early October , and in the meantime began looking for a home . |
| 20 | ‘ I thought it was time I began looking like a human being , ’ she snapped . |
| 21 | Only gradually did it emerge that she was rather a miniature whirlwind , perhaps an inch shorter even than Charlotte , but so slender that she escaped looking like a pocket edition . |
| 22 | Sara began to look for a cup . |
| 23 | She began to look for a university job outside Cambridge . |
| 24 | But , in the summer of 1945 , he took a furnished room in Kensington and began to look for a suitable and convenient residence of his own . |
| 25 | The March Hare poured a little hot tea on its nose , and the Hatter began to look for a clean plate . |
| 26 | He began to look for a safe stance for the night … |
| 27 | So I began to look for a husband . |
| 28 | Eventually , they entered London , and Noah began to look for a quiet , cheap pub where they could spend the night . |
| 29 | His pacifism was couched in the violent language of subversion and revolution , and long before 1917 he began to look for a distinctive Scottish way out of the war . |
| 30 | He began to look for a job . |