Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] look " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rebel Males by Graham McCann ( Hamish Hamilton , £10.99 ) — Montgomery Clift , Marlon Brando and James Dean , the subjects of this literate and readable study , pioneered a new kind of rebel as screen hero : they exuded primeval , ambiguous sexuality , and were not afraid of roles that made them look vulnerable , foolish or insecure . |
| 2 | In contrast , Watford 's teamwork and crisp passing made them look by far the better side on view at Vicarage Road . |
| 3 | The clothes of skinhead girls made them look superficially like the boys . |
| 4 | Breeze and Gay were turning their steps towards Sunset Cottage when a terrific hoot made them look round ; and there was the Blessington-Dalrymples ' car , with Basil at the wheel and his parents and sister behind . |
| 5 | Strings were apparently omitted since the small scale ( the whole box is less than 16″x9″ ) made them look a bit stupid . |
| 6 | But the polish on the sockets made them look like new . |
| 7 | Made them look old before their time . |
| 8 | A dull sheen just on the curve of each shoe 's toe instantly made them look solid . |
| 9 | The women 's hats and bright make-up made them look like exotic birds . |
| 10 | King penguins were nesting on the hare ground a short walk from our landing beach , and while some still had eggs ( which are hatched on top of the feet under a fold of skin on the belly ) , others already had young , some of whom had developed brown down which made them look like teddy bears ! |
| 11 | To be imprisoned side by side with them in the male domain made them look forward beyond Karlinsky 's address to the regular Saturday-night social in the communal hall next door when they would be able to get together , relax and talk without constraint . |
| 12 | It was an odd shade of reddish gold and , coupled with their tanned complexions and slanted eyes , made them look like young eagles . |
| 13 | Rasped the feet all up , and blacked them with black ; made them look spick and span . |
| 14 | A shout made them look up . |
| 15 | When we returned together to Ninfania , you and I , in the late Fifties , there was litter in the streets of southern Italy , and it made them look more unfamiliar to you than the new buildings put up after the war and the bombing . |
| 16 | ‘ I could n't live with myself if I sent someone on their way with an outfit that made them look awful . ’ |
| 17 | The induction of recruits became a more civilized process in September 1862 when Miliutin declared that their heads need not be shaved and that they ought to be conducted to the barracks in everyday clothing rather than clothes that made them look like convicts . |
| 18 | IT 'S the rematch of the decade — the Buffalo Bills against the side that made them look like schoolboys in Superbowl XXVII , the Dallas Cowboys . |
| 19 | Their disillusion with the reformist nature of the Labour governments of the 1960s , and the excitement generated by the world-wide social unrest of 1968 , led them to look for the possibility of social change in local protest movements . |
| 20 | The Huddlestons of Millom were active on Gloucester 's behalf throughout Cumbria , but their own land led them to look rather to north Lancashire , where they had dealings with the Harringtons . |
| 21 | The Huddlestons of Millom were active on Gloucester 's behalf throughout Cumbria , but their own land led them to look rather to north Lancashire , where they had dealings with the Harringtons . |
| 22 | Andrew Bailey , an A&R man also at Arista , asked me to look after a young guy named Roy Hill . |
| 23 | She could n't take Satan with her , so she asked me to look after him . |
| 24 | Marie asked me to look after Satan , and I suppose that makes him mine now . |
| 25 | ‘ He had already contacted the police and when they came they asked me to look after the children so we sat in the car . |
| 26 | But anyway , that was what I thought of when you asked me to look straight at my cock and talk about it . |
| 27 | But a mutual friend asked me to look after you . ’ |
| 28 | Merymose asked me to look at the body . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Rosemary asked me to look after you , ’ she let him know . |
| 30 | This led me to look at various conventional sorts of murder which could be seen as being idea or perfect murders , with the notion of reversing one of them . |