Example sentences of "look [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vocabulary : thicker/thinner than — looks or feels the same/ different — longer/shorter than — wider/narrower than — heavier/lighter than — square — rectangle — triangle circle — round — straight — curved — larger/smaller than — more/ less than — more/fewer than — inside — outside — next to — under — above — all — some . |
| 2 | The band had been thrown together at the last moment ; and none of the musicians looked or sounded as if he was enjoying the experience . |
| 3 | She found that in the time allowed four-fifths of the adult pairs conversed , looked or smiled at each other . |
| 4 | Maud and Roland neither looked nor spoke to each other . |
| 5 | Bowles , as always , has chosen looks that reflect both high style and the simplicity of fine design . |
| 6 | But then , it was not his good looks that made him famous . |
| 7 | And though he was never to make such almost innocent remarks again , and though Eva and Dad continued to want to make love all the time , and I caught her giggling while she did idiotic things with him , like snipping the hair in his ears and nostrils with a huge pair of scissors , there were looks that escaped all possible policing , looks that made me think he was capable only of a corrupted happiness . |
| 8 | Her parents exchanged glances , looks that seemed to remember a long wait for a first and , as it turned out , an only child . |
| 9 | The sort of looks that broke hearts . |
| 10 | The sort of looks that fuelled dreams . |
| 11 | He has had to make do without his familiar retinue of civil servants and , as plenty of critics from his own side have pointed out , he neither looks nor sounds like a prime minister . |
| 12 | But out here we have searched and looked and listened — and we have heard things . |
| 13 | Unfortunately , since theatre direction is in many ways an ephemeral art , we can never really know how the famous Gründgens/Karajan Zauberflöte really looked and sounded in Berlin in 1938 , though the production was celebrated at the time for the uncanny matching of musical and visual textures . |
| 14 | She had looked and sounded rational , kindly , motherly . |
| 15 | He had looked and sounded alone , and inadvertently given the impression of paranoia . |
| 16 | In the howling wind and driving rain the burst of 9mm fire looked and sounded like man-made thunder and lightning . |
| 17 | For a moment there she had looked and sounded like a rockhard loan-shark reclaiming an ugly debt . |
| 18 | Women leaning over balconies looked and tossed down flowers , younger women openly showed their approval with a strange clicking sound and Fernando walked on , oblivious of it all . |
| 19 | Shut away in panicky , red-spotted darkness , she heard Albert shout , ‘ Come on , Nick , help me hold him , ’ and then looked and saw Mister Johnny struggling between Albert and Nick and Frederick crawling away , on the ground . |
| 20 | The girls looked and saw a tree moving slowly downwards on the opposite side of the railway line ! |
| 21 | When he turned his head he kept his eyes closed , let out his breath , opened his eyes , looked and heard himself give a little whimpering sigh . |
| 22 | The Count and Countess both looked and sounded good , though Stephen Page 's portrayal of a habitual seducer was less than convincing . |
| 23 | ‘ Basically we 've looked and said there 's no reason for any knee-jerk reaction or across-the-board actions here , ’ Collis said , adding that Dell will be sticking to its own price timetable . |
| 24 | By comparison , on Gibson 's Flying V guitar , the bridge pickup has to sit rather high because of the effect the tune-o-matic bridge has in raising the height of the strings above the body , which I 've always thought looked and felt a little clumsy . |
| 25 | It was the first silk garment she had owned , and it had been expensive , but Faye 's silk clothes always looked and felt so wonderful … |
| 26 | We 've looked and looked at this still from the StarBalls demo and STILL ca n't think of anything to say about it . |
| 27 | She 's probably looked and found she could n't get anything better . |
| 28 | It is not clear whether this is because researchers have looked and failed to find them , or have yet to look . |
| 29 | And he had looked and behaved like a wild Indian , Carew thought with a feeling of wonder . |
| 30 | Above Dorothea 's head , six new , blue mugs hung on six newly-erected hooks , for Florence Ames thought of all things and was constantly suggesting improvements — not that she insisted upon them or took anything in hand , only looked and suggested and then left the idea to be considered , accepted or rejected . |