Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] looked [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bits of the well-organised election looked like a utopian dream of the new world order : Indians and Canadians , Ghanaians and Australians , travelling the countryside with helicopter-borne polling stations , bringing democracy to grateful if puzzled peasants in distant Cambodian villages . |
| 2 | Labour candidates looked to the record of reform . |
| 3 | The reason for this seems to have been that Victorian British industrialists looked for a quick return , while the Germans were more prepared to take a long view . |
| 4 | Foreign investors looked at the higher yield of gilts over German government bonds without worrying about exchange risk . |
| 5 | The back rooms looked into the soil of the hill , but the front over the richly clad valley and shining estuary on each arm of which were clusters of houses that thinned to scattered dwellings dotted among trees on the promontories . |
| 6 | Meanwhile in the European Community , even with old arguments over the budget and farm policy removed , the British government looked like a somewhat negative force . |
| 7 | The German model looked to the elevation of mind being attained by the student in personal pursuit of knowledge . |
| 8 | Kenneth checked in and , conscious of several pairs of curious eyes , I posed by the fireplace trying to look haughty and English and thinking how good my sombrero and black rubber raincoat looked against the red brick . |
| 9 | ‘ She said that the copied cock looked like a sonogram . ’ |
| 10 | The next day the Imperial Naval Staff looked at the plans once again and decided to accept Operation Z . |
| 11 | Boraston was thus directly involved in administration , and Central Office looked after the organization of recruiting meetings ; the Liberal offices dealt with literature for recruitment and Malcolm Fraser was transferred to Abingdon Street to help with the management of the press . |
| 12 | Her male partner looked like a jungle bird in his vivid plumage , ruffles from knee to ankle , and from upper arm to wrist . |
| 13 | Something behind it prevented it from fully opening and a dark , viscous substance that in the subdued light looked like a patch of oil was spreading from an invisible source and had begun soaking into the carpet . |
| 14 | Twelve-year-old Linda looked like a happy accident . |
| 15 | The sudden resignations looked like a fatal blow to Mr Ciampi at the start of reform . |
| 16 | Alice watched while the White Rabbit looked at the names on his piece of paper . |
| 17 | A tired girl with brown hair above a white dress looked across the room from another booth with a question . |
| 18 | The three little piggies looked around the room . |
| 19 | TWENTY more or less innocent little faces looked at the pianist and the two teachers and chanted : ‘ Thank you Mary , thank you Brenda , thank you Michael . ’ |
| 20 | The women were often contrasted with the men and the children , the first representing the cares of the past and the present , while the husbands and little ones looked to the future , full of hope . |
| 21 | Great winter looked like a precious gem , reflecting rainbow colours from one angle . |
| 22 | Poor Rory looked like a whipped dog . |
| 23 | She was in Australia at the time and her then husband looked at the picture and said , ‘ Oh , he 's a poof . ’ |
| 24 | Her long dress looked like an old fashioned night-gown . |
| 25 | He sagged inside his best grey suit , and his black armband looked like a bandage . |
| 26 | The elderly régisseur looked around the vast cellars in despair . |
| 27 | It was important that government and the European Commission looked beyond the narrow confines of the current legalistic approach and took full account of the practical consequences of this onslaught on the system which has served the Community and world trade so well for more than a century , he said . |
| 28 | The coloured boxer looked into the referee 's eyes , then watched his fingers ; he was raising them one at a time as he counted . |
| 29 | An independent consultant looked at the studies for WEN and reported flaws and a lack of objectivity in the use of raw data , statistics and language , although Procter and Gamble has refuted these allegations . |
| 30 | Meanwhile Mr Cottle finally gave in and took a piece of bread and butter , his hand trembling so that the vaunted delicacy looked like a ship 's flag in a breeze . |