Example sentences of "[vb past] look [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In her day , Mrs Thatcher tried to look like a normal human being and went shopping . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | So we agreed to look for a new approach " . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ I thought it was time I began looking like a human being , ’ she snapped . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | But it was when he began finding the 26 mile 385 yard distance — which he can complete in two hours and 57 minutes — ‘ about right for starters ’ , that he began to look for a new challenge . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The March Hare poured a little hot tea on its nose , and the Hatter began to look for a clean plate . |
| 12 | He began to look for a safe stance for the night … |
| 13 | Oag , formerly marketing director with a major computer industry concern in London , had grown tired of weekend commuting from Nairn , and began to look for a local company he could invest time and money in . |
| 14 | Eventually , they entered London , and Noah began to look for a quiet , cheap pub where they could spend the night . |
| 15 | A frisson wriggled down her spine but the room held no other occupant and though she turned round as soon as she decently could , Berndt Tjerssen contrived to look like a sweet , chubby old man . |
| 16 | YOUNG brothers learning to play golf went looking for a lost ball — and found an abandoned baby . |
| 17 | I went looking for a quiet place to sit — while gazing with interest at the multi armed , three-breasted Salmo'kkan dancers being sinuous on a mini-stage when I was frozen in mid stride |
| 18 | ‘ I went to look for a new car and the Lord said to me , ‘ Richie , you buy this car . |
| 19 | He did not look like a wolf , but he did look like a young man with an eye for a girl , and techniques that would bear watching . |
| 20 | ‘ Maybe we did look like an ideal exciting couple ’ , says Ferrier . |
| 21 | ‘ Until then waves had looked like a pleasant photogenic distraction on television , and not a serious challenge to anything else , ’ Salter recalled , ‘ but getting so close to 5 p/kWh would have rung a lot of alarm bells with people who would feel threatened . ’ |
| 22 | Finally , Mrs Killea turned what had looked like a hopeless contest into a 51-49 victory . |
| 23 | Remarkably , they turn what had looked like a dead duck of an evening — a half-full club of uninterested Finns busy soaking up the DJ 's Toto records — into an event . |
| 24 | What had looked like a smooth expanse of grey-green wood was , close to , a maze of rough bark , roots and clumps of moss . |
| 25 | A couple who had looked after an elderly father in their home for many years , were persuaded at last to take one week 's holiday . |
| 26 | he said looking for a little boy who can do building work |
| 27 | So we decided we had to look for a new singer . |
| 28 | Brown sat looking through an ancient telescope at the clockwork precision of the galaxy . |