Example sentences of "[subord] it look [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've made him lie with his hands behind his head , which is a trick they probably picked from a Miami Vice afternoon repeat , except it looks stupid when the guy 's hairy legs are sticking out from the tail of his shirt . |
| 2 | Here , the shapely Am Bodach makes you ache to carry on , and although it looks sharp but simple , there is quite a vertigo-inducing section of easy scrambling at the top that may catch those without a head for heights unawares . |
| 3 | I wonder if it looked better if it was a bit bigger . |
| 4 | This based on the deeply entrenched conviction that if it looks naughty it must be very fattening , while if it looks innocent or healthy it can not be . |
| 5 | but I do n't think sometimes I think well if it looks nice but some of them brides on there that just hangs do n't it ? |
| 6 | The only thing if it 's a bargain or if it looks nice or you need something new . |
| 7 | she said now I do like that , cos it looks nice and warm cos there 's loads of colours in it , there 's pink , there 's burgundy , there 's blue , green , every colour you can think of , you 've bro |
| 8 | One was to be gold , since no-one had made a gold guitar before and such an instrument would be a perfect attention-grabber , and the other was to be black , black because it looked smart and also because it was the best colour for showing off the hands of the guitarist — provided the guitarist were Caucasian , of course . |
| 9 | After re-packing her case , she fervently hoped for the last time , she had a wash , and because it looked sunny and warm outside dressed in a skimpy vest with a blouse over the top , and a rather strange Fifties-style skirt covered in poppies . |
| 10 | Jinny remembered seeing it and slipping past it because it looked complicated and she was tired . |
| 11 | I mustered the courage for a go at hot foil printing , and while it looked easy when done by a pro , I have a feeling Klondyke wo n't be offering me a job on the strength of my efforts . |
| 12 | Obviously John had no time to investigate the theory , and probably he would not have bothered anyway , since it looks convincing and he was given to quick enthusiasms . |
| 13 | I wore a suit that Mary had seen in a second-hand shop in Paris and insisted I bought so that at least I had one outfit I could put on for interviews without worrying whether it looked OK or not . |
| 14 | This is the stage where ignorance is bliss , when it looks easy and you do n't realize how much there is to it . |
| 15 | The neck has been bound to include the fret ends , which is another nice touch as it looks tidier and actually adds quite a lot to the overall feel of the fingerboard . |