Example sentences of "looks a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Realistically , six points will probably be enough , and with all those matches against teams in the bottom eight of the Second Division , promotion looks a formality . |
| 2 | KOO LOOKS A SMASHER |
| 3 | He looks a bit ill , smiles vaguely , and has a strange rather shy expression . |
| 4 | She looks a bit cold , so I go and fetch the blanket off my bed and wrap it round her shoulders . |
| 5 | She looks a bit different to now . |
| 6 | She looks a bit worried . |
| 7 | Though he 's old and that , he looks a bit embarrassed . |
| 8 | The mikva itself is a collection of natural water , which looks a bit like a small swimming pool . |
| 9 | I think : oh , I ca n't wear that , it looks a bit weird with my legs . |
| 10 | ‘ If it looks a bit narrow when you splash on Pissarro |
| 11 | A clone of these organisms looks a bit like a string of sausages . |
| 12 | The small Year Niner usually looks a bit blank — possibly because she has never considered the possibility of either heaven OR hell lying at the foot of the ropes in the sports hall — and responds with a vague , ‘ Uh ? ’ |
| 13 | The effect is now spectacular , but looks a bit unnatural . |
| 14 | As the B-1R is , after all , designed to be racked , it looks a bit daft sitting on top of the 4x10 , even if it does allow you to whack all the necessary connections together in about thirty seconds flat . |
| 15 | Nice idea , but unfortunately it looks a bit messy . |
| 16 | Some think it looks a bit '70s but I disagree ; if it were sandwiched with mahogany , maybe , but for me the maple just adds a nice touch of detail . |
| 17 | The second one 's called the 555 , which looks a bit like a Rickenbacker but with three little Firebird pickups and this wide , flat , Gibson-feeling sort of neck . |
| 18 | Colour-wise it looks a bit anaemic ; I presume its cellulose finish will darken , if you can wait that long , although I would have preferred Fender to have tinted the lacquer a little to increase the ‘ butterscotch ’ element in the colouring . |
| 19 | It probably looks a bit like hieroglyphics now , but in a few months , I guarantee that you will understand this and will begin to see a difference in your playing . |
| 20 | I like the candles but the kitchen looks a bit messy . |
| 21 | Looks a bit Renaissance ? ’ |
| 22 | The black rock on the lower section of the route certainly looks a bit suspect , but fortunately looks can be deceptive . |
| 23 | Eighties furniture is represented by a Memphis shelf unit which looks a bit like a squatting man with his arms in the air ( quite likeable , actually ) . |
| 24 | ‘ Harriet looks a bit ropey , ’ said Pringle thoughtfully . |
| 25 | While the first week looks a bit of a damp squib , the full moon on the 10th and the sun-Pluto conjunction of the 14th could leave their transformational mark on you . |
| 26 | And that if you do n't pick them up and put them back where you got them from , they are still there two weeks later , and the house looks a bit of a tip . |
| 27 | The tail is also very broad and looks a bit like a Japanese fan when opened out fully . |
| 28 | ‘ Looks a bit out of place , ’ I said with a smile . |
| 29 | I tend to paint very quickly , so the paint is always rather damp as I flit round the paper , putting a colour here and one there , and at first it all looks a bit of a jumble . |
| 30 | Even so , country looks a bit of an impostor when it poses as an agent of radical change in pop music . |