Example sentences of "which looked [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not to say that the emergence of more popularly-orientated styles of activity expressed a displacement of sectarian religious feeling but antislavery none the less did become an important channel for religious feeling which looked to a broader moral enhancement of English society and in turn that had to involve the full-hearted commitment of a myriad of individuals and groups . |
| 2 | The lounge was as big and as bare as a dance studio , with three evenly-spaced sets of french windows on one side that could be opened out onto the unlit stone terrace ; the floor was of deeply polished boards with no carpet , the furniture was mostly plain white leather , and at the focus stood a hi-fi system which looked like a stolen chunk of a space shuttle . |
| 3 | One which looked like a ringed plover but with a brown tinge to its less contrasty plumage turned out to be greater sand plover , which breeds on the desert plains of Mongolia . |
| 4 | The club house , which looked like a turreted Ruritanian castle , had white walls , grey roofs , flawless pitches front and back , but as yet no windows , nor , as Perdita suspected , a Ladies ' loo , or changing room . |
| 5 | Almost by return , he was hit by a missile which looked like a rotting cabbage . |
| 6 | ( Marr was sporting a huge rockabilly quiff which looked like a French loaf sticking out of the top of his head . ) |