Example sentences of "they look " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kate Bristow commented , ‘ It is a real privilege for ACET to be asked to work with such people as they look for ways to develop an effective strategy . ’ |
| 2 | They look like young spinach and can vary in taste from bland to quite pungent . |
| 3 | I had to strap them to my bicycle , which is why they look a bit battered . ’ |
| 4 | They look like it , too . |
| 5 | Fast jabs to the face are ideal for this purpose , because if they look effective they cause the opponent to throw back his head . |
| 6 | ‘ No wonder they look darkly at you hereabouts , if you steal their fowls . ’ |
| 7 | This might be characterized as ‘ what it is like to see ’ or ‘ what things look like ’ or , most especially , ‘ what colours are like ’ ( that is , what they look like — there is no difference in their case ) . |
| 8 | They could be copies , but they look real enough . |
| 9 | The supposedly jokey answers are illustrated by photographs of people sleeping outside covered by copies of The Independent : they look like some of the hundreds of visitors who come to St Botolph 's Crypt Centre for homeless people every day . |
| 10 | With their coiled energy , jumps , louche shoulder work , insinuating hips and limber backs , they look like real dancers . |
| 11 | They look at problems , and change . ’ |
| 12 | Stephen Clapham , an analyst at Hoare Govett , said : ‘ It will take time to cut costs in the acquisitions , but they look sensible on an 18-month basis . ’ |
| 13 | While people look to the Tories to make money , they look to Labour to spend it to more social purpose . |
| 14 | We were driving around and I seen these two young lads in a car and I says , ‘ They look a bit young to be driving that . ’ |
| 15 | I could make out two soldiers standing in a slit trench , they look like Airborne troops judging by the type of steel helmet they are wearing . |
| 16 | The padded collar is comfortable enough and they look more like a tough shoe than a walking boot — designed , I suspect , to appeal more to women . |
| 17 | They look at a map , draw a line and produce leaflets but nothing is done on the ground to withstand the pressure of hundreds of people following the route . |
| 18 | If they 're married , they look to improve their lot and that of their family . |
| 19 | This fruitful distinction is possible because here as elsewhere Marx and Engels are not bound in their analysis simply by legal forms ; they look at the social system as a whole . |
| 20 | They look mean . |
| 21 | There is , however , an inevitable logic to the appropriation of her meticulously constructed image , a process which the artist was mocking as early as 1933 : ‘ … some of the gringa women are imitating me and trying to dress ‘ a la Mexicana ’ , but the poor souls only look like cabbages and to tell you the naked truth they look absolutely impossible . ' |
| 22 | I would suggest they look long and hard at the report they have written and even longer and harder in the mirror . |
| 23 | Which may not rank the outsiders in the eyes of the Ladbrokes odds-maker , but if they look over the fence they will certainly be able to see the outsiders from where they have been placed . |
| 24 | I stuck them in a milk bottle cos I ai n't got a proper flower vase , but they look OK like that I reckon . |
| 25 | They look pretty stupid now . |
| 26 | When I get older I 'm going to have gold teeth like Peter — I reckon they look real good . |
| 27 | I reckon that 's it , cos they look sort of familiar . |
| 28 | They look nice though , the lights — all warm and orangey . |
| 29 | I spect they 're coming home from work , cos they look like they 're in a real hurry . |
| 30 | There 's lots of talking and laughing when they do that — they look like they 've had a real good time . |