Example sentences of "could look [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The train rattled through the suburbs , then slid between the brick backs of tall tenement blocks where Dot could look right in the windows at women standing by their kitchen sinks . |
| 2 | The female , Vicky , came to me and bent down so that I could look again into her grey eyes . |
| 3 | She could look neither at Dr Neil , nor at the tasteless harpy who was tormenting him with her tactlessness . |
| 4 | He lifted an edge so that they could look underneath , where it was criss-crossed with a lattice of deep ribs . |
| 5 | What seems plain maltreatment at the time could look rather different in the quiet surroundings of a tribunal or courtroom months or years later . |
| 6 | Soon I was approached by the manager of the Otago side , Fred Daniels , who , like Mains , could look rather sterner than his equable temperament would suggest . |
| 7 | However , what may look like a good deal now , as the UK emerges from its adjustment period of higher interest rates and recession , could look rather different in a few years ' time . |
| 8 | The anthracite finish on these cupboard doors could look rather cold and stark on its own but is lifted by the warm beech trim |
| 9 | He could look utterly devastating when he wanted to . |
| 10 | Whichever happened , it was clear that the citizens of Somerset could look forward to a radioactive legacy on their coastline for more than many of their lifetimes . |
| 11 | A late Victorian at sixty could look forward to scarcely a dozen more years of life ; a contemporary sixty-year-old man can expect almost twenty more years and a woman even more . |
| 12 | Once more we could look forward with anticipatory glee . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , the table opposite will give you some idea of what to expect : for example , a man aged 30 investing just £25 a month could look forward to a cheque for £63,400 on his 65th birthday — with another £19,400 for his family if he died at the age of 80 . |
| 14 | We could look forward . |
| 15 | I was n't going to make the same mistake as my parents , forever denying themselves what they wanted now so that they could look forward to their retirement with complete peace of mind . |
| 16 | The only difference was that the Guides could look forward to returning to comfortable homes . |
| 17 | I did n't envy them their individual futures , which seemed dull or trivial to me , but I did envy the fact they had futures at all , whereas I had none , or , at least , not one to which I could look forward with any confidence . |
| 18 | I could look forward to going back to school , astonishing everyone with my further weight loss , and engaging in battle with true adversaries — those who would fight back . |
| 19 | But by coming clean and staying clean , North Korea could look forward to much in return : the right to poke about military installations in South Korea , a better relationship with America , more outside help and investment for its decrepit economy . |
| 20 | Jim could look forward , too , to training in the new technical mysteries . |
| 21 | By 1914 the Liberal party was on the ropes and the Unionists could look forward confidently to the election that could not be long delayed . |
| 22 | In 1914 he was still only fifty-five and could look forward to a major job in the next Unionist government . |
| 23 | If she married one of them she could look forward to a life of uncertainty , warfare , shortages , assassinations , massacres and tragedy . |
| 24 | Ludwig Erhard , who succeeded Adenauer as Chancellor in October 1963 , was an experienced minister , the man held responsible for German economic success since 1949 , deeply committed to the US alliance and who , at 66 , could look forward to a long career as Chancellor — given the record of his predecessor . |
| 25 | The other important contribution that the association made was to establish a bi-annual show , a show which became the talk of the art scene in the city to such an extent that the members could look forward to their work being seen , in the prestigious rooms of the Academy of Arts , written about and even bought by the cultural who included the Kaiser , ( his taste was somewhat shaky , but he was the Kaiser ) . |
| 26 | Is post menopausal zest something that er every woman could look forward to if she gets the right advice , the right |
| 27 | Still , on Sunday mornings there were no such worries and the Rabbi could look forward to the family breakfast — and to bagels . |
| 28 | She had also made one or two favourable remarks on the occasions she 'd seen him working out , and had assured him that , once he 'd attained the standards she 'd set for him , he could look forward to being given a fairly prominent role in the next major presentation . |
| 29 | I was managing to put our disastrous marriage behind me , and I was even getting to the stage where I could look forward to the future . |
| 30 | Will my hon. Friend confirm that , if the Government were to introduce proposals to toughen up sentencing policy — to impose stiffer sentences — we could look forward to Opposition Members agreeing with us for the first time ? |