Example sentences of "[noun pl] look [subord] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 To Polly the long , crimson-enamelled nails looked as though they had been dipped in blood .
2 There are , however , two quite common situations where , although the indirect customer rules look as though they apply , they actually don " t .
3 She was carrying more weight on her face than on her body , her make-up being so thick , so perfect , that her cheeks looked as though they had been carved out of porcelain .
4 A bad Goshiki is a hotchpotch fish , whose colours look as though they have been mixed by a five-year-old and applied with a wet rag .
5 A German youth whose exaggerated features looked as though they had been moulded from foam rubber explained loudly to his companion how he needed the sun , the sun for him was a physical necessity .
6 Some of the patients look as though they have been showered with poppy seeds .
7 They make the poor girls look as though they had n't been properly unpacked , as though they 'd been taken out of the box and someone had left half their wrappings on . ’
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