Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] looked [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I now realise I looked for the wrong things .
2 ‘ Take a seat while I get you something to drink , ’ he invited , indicating what looked like the last word in comfort in the shape of a couch — one of a pair in the room .
3 Then he selected what looked like the safest route to the window and edged his way carefully out along the chosen branches .
4 With a heart beating as if it wanted to explode I looked at the two dead men ; I had never seen either of them before .
5 Sarah guessed she must be James 's wife , and thought she looked like the pink jelly which wobbled on a dish near the salmon .
6 And she took the child by the hand and walked her to the settle , and when they were seated she looked at the small figure by her side , at the hair , like a golden halo round the oval face , and the limpid grey eyes gazing so trustfully at her .
7 Two men were seen running from the area , and one witness said they looked like the two accused .
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