Example sentences of "look a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turning Sardinia into a Mediterranean Alcatraz to prevent hooliganism would have looked a little silly if Belgium had gone there instead . |
| 2 | Turning Sardinia into a Mediterranean Alcatraz to prevent hooliganism would have looked a little silly if Belgium had gone there instead . |
| 3 | It has always looked a bit ramshackle , with its claustrophobic nets , which were gas-lit until the 1960s . |
| 4 | Babies put on a lot of fat in the last few weeks before they are born , so looked a poor little skinny scrap of a thing . |
| 5 | I must have looked a little confused , for Miss Kenton then said : ‘ Mr Stevens , he really is in a poor state . |
| 6 | If Seve Ballesteros had looked a winner all along in 1979 , and certainly looked likely to lift the claret jug from a long way out , Dave 's second Open success was not so cut-and-dried . |
| 7 | He was taller than most of them , his nickname being ‘ Lofty ’ , and always looked a lot cleaner than his oil-stained gang . |
| 8 | According to her , there were two kinds of apes in the old days , and both looked a lot like chimps . |
| 9 | ‘ I thought we might have looked a bit stiff 'cos it was n't our usual type of audience . ’ |
| 10 | Not surprisingly , really , for in his limited first-class exposure he has looked a much better wing or perhaps outside centre . |
| 11 | Faldo sank a worthy putt for a birdie , but Norman 's victory still looked a formality until his tiny effort , similar to that which Scott Hoch missed for Faldo to win the 1989 Masters , hit the hole and ran past . |
| 12 | It would have been a foolish , bull-necked man who would have looked a gift horse in the mouth … so I like to see myself in a small way as following in his footsteps . ’ |
| 13 | He must have looked a sight but he did n't think so then . |
| 14 | 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 … |
| 15 | For surely back in Port Talbot a smart young man would have looked a notch or two up the ring-ridden ladder of class and hauled himself up — in his pride — one or two places . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Seen from Kiev , this always looked a miscalculation . |
| 19 | Had she done so she would not have said a word , would not have looked a word , would simply have sat on the bed and talked to Tina for ten minutes instead of the two of them sitting opposite each other in armchairs . |
| 20 | Among these was an Utrillo which Minton remarked looked a little grubby . |
| 21 | Old Jim had looked a bit got down , he thought ; I 'll cheer them up , and we 'll all have a drink . |
| 22 | She 'd have looked a bit different , I can tell , from what she was like lying up there with her hair all cut off . " |
| 23 | It would have looked a lot worse if I had n't a proper motive for meeting you in the first place . ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I had to admit that the young men leaving that room all looked a bit shattered and one almost reeled out , holding his mouth with both hands . |
| 26 | I often wonder what the casual passer-by would have made of us , as we must have looked a really piratical bunch with piles of American cigarettes and Polish vodka spread around our decks . |
| 27 | Looked a bit like Darth Vader without the cloak . |
| 28 | His hair was tousled and he still looked a little sleepy , but he was fully dressed , which made her feel at a distinct disadvantage . |
| 29 | We made that up for the boys , but if you prefer … ’ neighed Mr Crumwallis , congratulating himself on insisting on something that at least looked a bit special . |
| 30 | Looked a sensible , down-to-earth type to me , and he might be a corrective to what we 've just been hearing . |