Example sentences of "it makes [pron] look " in BNC.
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| 1 | It makes everything look sort of fuzzy , and when cars drive past , their lights sort of fill up the street . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , the designer has integrated them in the text , and while this might be admirable for coffee table books or even guide books , it is quite wrong here as it makes them look cramped and mean . |
| 3 | It makes them look bad . |
| 4 | It makes them look like shirkers . |
| 5 | It makes one look again at the plants in one 's garden and wonder what secret messages are being passed in ways too subtle for our human senses to grasp . |
| 6 | We can read into Las Meninas such a view of the Habsburgs ( Fig. 8 ) : Philip IV and Mariana are merely reflections , living in a world of grotesquerie and make-believe ; a tiny princess dressed as an adult with a skirt so stiff it makes her look as if she is on wheels , surrounded by curtseying maids , a dwarf , a midget , a huge dog with the ability to sleep through anything , and a great artist , aloof and all-powerful . |
| 7 | De Levantiére has had her hair cut and it makes her look very sophisticated . |
| 8 | It makes me look all grown up — you know , like someone in a film or summat . |
| 9 | ‘ It makes me look young , huh ? ’ |
| 10 | I board the plane feeling no pain , eat the evening meal and continue with the G&T theme , land in Gatwick and make the connection via the smoking area of the bar and another gulped Gordon 's , then pass on the second offered dinner but not the accompanying booze and quietly pass out somewhere over the West Midlands , to be woken by a dishy blonde with an impudent , dimpled smile and we 're here we 've landed we 've arrived , we 're on the stand at the airport and I 'd ask her what she 's doing later because I 'm drunk enough to not care when she says ‘ No ’ as she probably will , but I know I 'm too tired and besides my left eyelid 's stuck again and I suspect it makes me look a bit like Quasimodo , so I do n't say anything except , ‘ Uh , thanks , ’ which is cool or sad , I 'm not sure which . |
| 11 | ‘ I have a horrible feeling it makes me look like a daffodil ! ’ |
| 12 | ‘ It makes me look like a cake ! ’ she pronounced dramatically . |
| 13 | My Stanley says it makes me look like a film star ! ’ |
| 14 | It makes me look a liar . ’ |
| 15 | Oh I I think I shall have to turn this one up a little Dad says it 's alright being long cos it makes me look taller well I do n't know about that what do you think ? |
| 16 | Mum said it makes me look younger . |
| 17 | It makes me look how ignorant I am . |
| 18 | Just do n't wannu , it makes me look funny |
| 19 | It makes him look like a racist prat . |
| 20 | He says it 's because it makes him look naff , but it 's more than that . |
| 21 | well it makes it look , well it looks like the er paints fading off it |
| 22 | ‘ It makes you look quite distinguished . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Do n't do that , darling , it makes you look ugly . ’ |
| 24 | That orange dress would be lovely at a party , but it makes you look a bit arty and hippy . |
| 25 | He had become inured to the long , solitary vigils in hotel rooms awaiting the return telephone calls ; learnt the art of never leaving one 's name and telephone number more than once , because ‘ it makes you look desperate ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ It makes you look so young . ’ |
| 27 | This was because Lydia 's red frock bore another message , which went : ‘ This red frock is more chic and expensive than anything which you possess , and it makes you look a provincial old trollop in your mock Chanel suit . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It makes you look like a sheep , ’ she observed coldly , but even this seemed not to offend him . |
| 29 | ‘ You should always leave it loose like that — it makes you look softer , more feminine . |
| 30 | When you screw it up on top of your head it makes you look like that woman out of South Pacific , the one who sings ‘ Bali Ha'i ’ or whatever . ’ |