Example sentences of "[noun] and look as [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Archie shuffled his feet and looked as if he 'd like to vanish up his parlour chimney . |
| 2 | He was gormless , spoke in a funny nasal accent and looked as if he could do with a kick up the backside . |
| 3 | But Hadrill was carrying a huge score and looked as if he took opera seriously . |
| 4 | They hung at the end of slender wrists and looked as if they had been tacked on to the wrong person . |
| 5 | He would pop in and out of the office now and then , fulfilling his supervisory role and looking as if he were a man with an important but very secret mission . |
| 6 | It was dark with age and looked as if it had been coated with treacle . |
| 7 | Instead of talking about the job he said some words to me in Punjabi or Urdu and looked as if he wanted to get into a big conversation about Ray or Tagore or something . |
| 8 | It is a double row of fine , tall and expansive Victorian terraced villas and looks as if it is straight out of London . |
| 9 | Near the Clonmacnoise entrance , the river had overflowed into the fields , beside a misshapen castle tower that perched on a hummock , balanced at an angle and looking as if it were about to fall over . |
| 10 | The Queen Mother is of course impeccably bred , though she 's failed to make it to the last 3 Chelsea Flower Shows and looks as if she 'll remain at home again this year . |
| 11 | In other words , it had to be accurate in every tiny detail and to look as if it was at first glance . |
| 12 | She wore a large white straw hat and looked as if she 'd just been to church . |