Example sentences of "looked more [prep] an " in BNC.

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1 He looked up and saw the vicar carrying a book that looked more like an illustrated part work from W. H. Smith 's than Holy Writ .
2 Personally , I thought it looked more like an earthworm !
3 Armitage was by no means the popular image of a colonel , irascible and autocratic ; he was thin , elderly , and mild-mannered ; he looked more like an old-style academic who had acquired his pale-parchment skin through years of desiccation in college libraries ; but his eyes were full of vitality .
4 He looked more like an ape than a human .
5 It looked more like an animal than a tractor , a long low dangerous thing , crouched forwards with its shoulders hunched .
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