Example sentences of "looking the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The habit of checking guesses by looking the word up , or asking . |
| 2 | But , while her non-dramatic soul was saying that to present herself at Vasey 's looking the way she did was going a bit over the top , she had never been dismissed from a job before . |
| 3 | She had been accepted for the job at Ardis & Co , looking the way she normally looked , but if to keep her job — and she had no idea at that stage whether there was a Vasey junior , or similar , at G Vasey Ltd — she had to go in for a bit of de glamorisation , then so be it . |
| 4 | ‘ Looking the way you do , I 'll bet he does ! ’ |
| 5 | The superintendent told the lie fluently , looking the reporter full in the face . |
| 6 | Some sympathetic mothers covered it with bandages and bulging dressings and I was driven to the doctors ' where I was given a more impressive bandage , leaving my finger looking the size of a small banana . |
| 7 | I thought maybe he 'd convinced Malcolm that he was overweight — which he was n't — and Malcolm had this real thing about us looking the part . |
| 8 | Clarke played four of the five tests this season at inside centre without quite looking the part . |
| 9 | But not content with just looking the part , Spotted Eagle has spent thirty years studying the history and culture of the native American Indian . |
| 10 | Black silk skirt maroon blouse her hair done up in a bun draped with gold jewellery oh talk about looking the part ! |
| 11 | ‘ Is this t'one thoo fancies , then ? ’ he inquired , looking the man up and down . |
| 12 | But no , ’ said Hugh decisively , looking the man over . |
| 13 | She turned , straightening up , then held out her ticket for inspection , looking the man up and down as she did so . |
| 14 | Whilst higher TPC-A and TPC-B ratings were achieved using the accelerator on the new DRS models , ICL says it is looking the Transaction Performance Council 's new TPC-C ( transactions per minute ) and TPC-D ( complex ad hoc enquiries ) benchmarks to provide better real-world tests for its stuff . |
| 15 | Looking the picture of misery and helplessness , he snatched a few words with me as I waited to go in . |
| 16 | He strutted about with the woman at his side , looking the picture of a freighter captain . |
| 17 | She showered , and dressed in a pale grey cotton skirt with a crisp white blouse , brushed her hair into its customary neat knot , used her cosmetics sparingly and walked into the kitchen , looking the picture of a successful businesswoman . |
| 18 | We drift around looking the place over for accommodation , eventually selecting a wooden building called Sand Dune Apartments . |
| 19 | Erm , if they start to have an illness and it develops we 'll obviously be talking to their doctor , I mean if it 's apparent that they 're blind on the form , well then , obviously we would looking the amount we paid , or , or , erm , basically come to some agreement on that . |
| 20 | ‘ She was very distressed and very tearful , ’ said Mr Mills , who is looking the family 's dog . |
| 21 | With so many other potential challengers struggling , United are suddenly looking the team most likely to win the Premier League . |
| 22 | A major er , development , somewhere around eighty to a hundred thousand square feet of resource space for organisations , and they will also , I think , be looking the sort of provision that you suggested . |