Example sentences of "[noun] looked the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the number of former South Vietnamese army majors and persecuted intellectuals drifted down to infinitesimal proportions and the number of economic migrants grew , the United States looked the other way . |
| 2 | As the number of former South Vietnamese army majors and persecuted intellectuals drifted down to infinitesimal proportions and the number of economic migrants grew , the United States looked the other way . |
| 3 | On his international debut the sweeper Simon looked the genuine article , while the central defender Monzon showed he can compensate for a lack of height with good positioning and excellent timing . |
| 4 | The guests looked the other way and talked more loudly . |
| 5 | City cops looked the other way , and the Cal State Angels loaned us hardware . |
| 6 | With his wild dashing looks — aquiline nose , sweeping moustaches and a mop of shining hair — Tritsis looked the very image of the ‘ clepht ’ , the mountain warlords who carried the torch of Greek independence in the last century . |
| 7 | If , however , the bird looked the other way , death was inevitable . |