Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] looking very [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lucy 's looking very nice in a very nice skirt today . |
| 2 | I just think Tom 's looking very battered . |
| 3 | The house in Jubilee Street was looking very drab , and the curtains in the parlour window — Nottingham lace , with a pattern of entwined leaves and flowers — had turned quite yellow with age , despite rigorous washing . |
| 4 | The photographic shop in Silmour Street was looking very festive , with tulips and wallflowers in a vase , paper streamers across the ceiling and a banner in the front window , announcing : Grand Reopening , 14 May , 1921 . |
| 5 | Katy was looking very pleased with herself when she came home from the nursery . |
| 6 | At the back Quigley was looking very worried indeed . |
| 7 | ‘ You ca n't predict anything until he has seen the scan , but Dean is looking very doubtful , ’ England 's manager , Geoff Cooke , said . |
| 8 | One of the few British medals at the last Olympics was in the Star two-man keelboat class , and our line-up for the 1992 Games in Barcelona is looking very strong in many of the ten different classes . |
| 9 | To quell them she said that April was looking very pretty in her yellow track suit . |
| 10 | Jazz was looking very distinguished these days and was the only boy Nutty could remotely think of fancying . |
| 11 | ‘ I thought Gary was looking very sunburnt , ’ said Helen . |