Example sentences of "look a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looked a good idea . |
| 2 | Second division , Swansea away in the cup was never going to be an easy ticket for Oxford , but when Nick Cusack scored with just over 10 minutes to go at the Vetch Field , United looked a good bet for the 4th round . |
| 3 | He has looked a tremendous prospect on both starts to date , and will relish the extra furlong here . |
| 4 | Light Veneer also looked a useful prospect when making his fencing debut in the Moseley Novices Chase . |
| 5 | Impressive in winning both starts last year , Pembroke had looked a certain winner of the Feilden Stakes on his reappearance until faltering near the end of the nine furlongs contest . |
| 6 | ‘ I was glad she accepted because otherwise I would have looked a right banana in front of all those tourists . ’ |
| 7 | Looked a right couple of yobbos And er well what day is it like ? |
| 8 | Looked a right state going in I tell you . |
| 9 | ABS Computers Ltd , formerly the Allied Business Systems small business computer manufacturer , has long looked a vestigial part of the Trafalgar House Plc empire , too small to turn up in the annual report , and giving the impression that top management was unaware of its existence . |
| 10 | ABS Computers Ltd , formerly the Allied Business Systems small business computer manufacturer , has long looked a vestigial part of the Trafalgar House Plc empire , too small to turn up in the annual report , and giving the impression that top management was unaware of its existence . |
| 11 | They 've looked a different team these last few weeks so what magic has manager Denis Smith been working |
| 12 | We must have looked a comical sight in those days : a boy and a bird ‘ dancing ’ up the road — two steps , stop , turn , two steps , turn , stop … |
| 13 | In this context Cuba , with its exceptionally high dependence on imported oil ( which accounts for approaching two-thirds of the island 's total energy consumption ) and its sophisticated modern refining capacity ( installed by Shell , Esso and Texaco ) , must have looked a promising market for Soviet oil . |
| 14 | It must have looked a beautiful sight ! |
| 15 | ‘ Looks a nasty piece of work . ’ |
| 16 | The area now looks a total mess , as does the River Wey ( or should I say the dry bed of the River Wey ) that runs through the town . |
| 17 | To Europe 's governments , whatever they think about EMU , a return to the ERM of the 1980s looks a good way forward . |
| 18 | With Hitchock in this mood it already looks a good signing and Porterfield said : ‘ We are not bringing the Russian to take Kevin 's place . |
| 19 | In town , this becomes tiresome and the £359 optional power assistance looks a good bet . |
| 20 | He now looks a good bet to go through to the next stage of the competition tomorrow . |
| 21 | Coulton looks a good bet |
| 22 | Kowalik looks a good prospect on the evidence of his first two Ipswich meetings and he does not expect to miss many British League meetings . |
| 23 | Looks a good meal this . |
| 24 | Against the rest of the sector and the market , that looks a good deal less attractive than it has in the past . |
| 25 | Mike Gatting , who is the same age , and has been fortunate indeed to be excused his South African indulgence , looks a good deal older . |
| 26 | Cor this looks a good deal |
| 27 | ‘ Looks a good place . ’ |
| 28 | " That looks a good bank , along the edge of the trees up there , " answered Hazel . |
| 29 | ‘ Simensen now looks a bigger danger , and we will need to watch every move during the last two days . ’ |
| 30 | Looks a nice gold bracelet . |