Example sentences of "[Wh det] looked [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hough and Mayhew ( 1988 ) regard these figures as underestimates and Worrall and Pease ‘ s ( 1986 ) re-analysis of the BCS data which looked at all crimes , and attempted crimes , involving contact and where the victim could identify whether or not they knew the offender , found that women were much more likely to say that they knew the offender well and that the offender was a spouse in nearly 40 per cent of cases . |
| 2 | Last month saw the start of a three-part series by Patricia Spallone on genetic engineering ( GE ) , which looked at some applications on plants , bacteria , viruses and animals and the need for feminists to put biotechnology , the industrialisation of life on the political agenda . |
| 3 | As the long days of sunlight drew on Asik became weaker and weaker but he was kept going by an object in the direction of the city which looked like another lorry , but this one was not moving . |
| 4 | Having refreshed myself with a glass of one of the excellent local wines and a vision of two large ladies at the adjoining table munching their way through what looked like several pounds of ice-cream , I decided it would be fun to walk to France . |
| 5 | Jamila was wearing what looked like several sacks : long skirts , perhaps three , one over the other , and a long smock in faded green beneath which the flat arcs of her braless breasts were visible to the slightly interested . |
| 6 | ‘ She told us that you had all been kept in what looked like some palace rooms , about how you were all positioned , never allowed to touch or speak , and that you were watched through little holes in the door . |