Example sentences of "[modal v] look like a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | p. 121 ) ; ‘ Readability does n't mean that your picture must look like a poster , full of bold elements that can be perceived all at once . |
| 2 | To the Frenchmen behind , they must look like a couple of young lovers — youngish , anyway — who had stepped outside for a few minutes to admire the sights . |
| 3 | I 'll look like a girl . |
| 4 | I 'll look like a girl . ’ |
| 5 | Wo n't get picked up as a suspected drunk-driver , he 'll look like a rep getting an early start . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ There 'll be the most almighty fuss and I 'll look like a prize prick . |
| 7 | ‘ When you 've finished , it 'll look like a snooker table , ’ he said cheerfully , and , reversing deftly , he went back for the next lot . |
| 8 | And this is important because a man might look very well from one side but he might look like a cheese from another , and that would be a distraction . |
| 9 | MARTY ROEBUCK might look like a man who would n't say ‘ boo ’ to a goose , but his slight frame hides a huge heart . |
| 10 | Equinox in Leicester Square might look like a cross between the Hippodrome and Liverpool St station , but it will be transformed into Britain 's biggest fancy dress ball for Kinky Gerlinky on September 28 when the theme is ‘ Sleaze ’ . |
| 11 | FOR THOSE who are n't aware , Jack Dee is the stand-up comedian who might look like a vampire masquerading as a stockbroker but whose singular style of delivery — deadpan sneers , disbelieving snorts of mirthless laughter , and , most refreshingly of all , blatant contempt for 99 per cent of the human race — is not only a timely call for the return of misanthropy to comedy it 's also brilliantly funny . |
| 12 | They shepherded their charges with a cheerful , maternal competence as if to reassure them that the place might look like a prison but was as gently beneficent as a nursing home and that they were only there for their own good . |
| 13 | I may look like a child , but Luke — Luke changed all that . |
| 14 | This may look like a minute , but it 's not a minute , and it 's getting less one with every line . |
| 15 | ‘ I may look like a cabman , ’ he countered , ‘ but I 'm a charm in a salon . ’ |
| 16 | Her boobs may look like a couple of wrung-out teabags , but her granite stomach muscles somehow propel her into perfect proportion . |
| 17 | The picture ( left ) may look like a model of the hotel but is , in fact , the real thing . |
| 18 | The eldorado lifestyle may look like a whirl of sun , sea and sangria — but what of the real-life ex-pats , struggling to make ends meet on Spain 's recession-hit Costa del Sol ? |
| 19 | The 17th at Letchworth may look like a picture postcard , but it 's not a pretty sight to the members . |
| 20 | It may look like a handful of chocolate buttons . |
| 21 | Ludens , I 'm in love , I 'm desperate with love , I 'm sunk in it , I 'm ruthless , I feel as fierce as hell about this , I could kill anyone who stands in the way , I must have both of them , and I will , all right it may look like a battlefield , but what has to be done has to be done now and like this . |
| 22 | But at the same time he could look like a fool , crooning ‘ Proud Mary ’ along with Snow White on Oscar night ; he thought he was just being a trouper . |
| 23 | Her hair is a really short , blunt cut but my hair is so thick that it would look like a triangle or a big hat ! |
| 24 | Even Princes William and Harry would look like a couple of little paupers in the presence of Prince Albert von Thurn und Taxis . |
| 25 | He said she feared she would look like a money-grabber if she went to court to get the possessions after the divorce so he agreed to sign them over . |
| 26 | Some say that if you stood it up-ended on your roof it would look like a television aerial . |
| 27 | If you were shorter , then you would look like a C'zak . ’ |
| 28 | I suppose once we 're back home this will look like a dream to both of us , rather unlikely in the face of reality . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , try to ensure that the flowers do not end up arranged in straight lines , as this can look like a stripe in the design . |