Example sentences of "and [pron] look as [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I sit down they billow up in front of me and I look as if I 've got a water melon under there . |
| 2 | Two inches on my hair and I look as if I 've had my face thinned and people start speaking in hushed voices in my presence . |
| 3 | What he has done is describe certain linguistic features of the text which distinguish it from other texts ( he refers to Yeats 's ‘ Phoenix ’ and Tennyson 's , ‘ Morte d'Arthur ’ , as well as instances of non-literary usage ) , and which look as if they may be of some literary significance ; but he leaves it to the literary specialist to determine what the nature of that literary significance is . |
| 4 | He said you gave marvellous picnics — and you look as if you would ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ And you 're dirty and sloppy and you look as if you 've been dragged backwards through a hedge , the lot of you ! |
| 6 | Greg was assisting the woman they had heard moaning and who looked as if she 'd dislocated her jaw while David was with the pilot . |
| 7 | They stayed close to the Oaks , as if they considered it their duty , and they looked as if they might find life a serious business . |
| 8 | She 'd tacked the first sketches for this picture up on the wall and they looked as if someone else had drawn them . |
| 9 | He was tall , and he looked as if he might be good at something decent like cricket . |
| 10 | He was gazing forwards and he looked as if he had just stepped on a drawing-pin . |
| 11 | The last three words were uttered under his breath and he looked as if he hated her , she saw , made fully aware of his resentment . |
| 12 | She even had to struggle to answer him and he looked as if he knew it . |
| 13 | His hands gripped the wheel with what she took to be more than necessary strength and he looked as if he would stop , spring out and grip her neck with equal intensity . |
| 14 | I 'm sure there are people who do n't sort of bother with them at all , you know just saw er a man he dropped he 's erm , he dropped his till receipt and he looked as if he had a tremendous amount you know in his basket so I reckon it would of been over , but there was no erm cos you get it stamped yes so we have er , yes I 'd forgotten about those little erm chickens of course , so we can have that roast |
| 15 | Now 52 , he has dominated grand de luxe fashion for two decades , and he looks as if he will continue to be a powerful force in fashion into the twenty-first century . |
| 16 | ‘ Our coach was caught in the centre of an enormous traffic jam , and it looked as if we would be lucky to get to the station only an hour or so behind schedule . |
| 17 | They 'd just been told the George Hotel was n't important enough to be listed , but the protestors vowed to physically stop the demolition team if necessary and it looked as if they had the backing of the Planning Authority . |
| 18 | Life in New Zealand was hard for the original settlers , but not quite as hard for Bruce and Jim 's generation , and it looked as if it might be a veritable paradise for the children 's . |
| 19 | The ashtray was empty , and it looked as if it had been washed . |
| 20 | By February 1969 , Hello , Dolly ! was ready for screening , but the Broadway production was still running and it looked as if it might be more than two years before the film could be shown . |
| 21 | all around there yesterday , the curtains were down and it looked as if there was a table piled up with cardboard boxes in the , in the front window . |
| 22 | And it looked as if she had been stabbed with a weapon that had a central rib ; the wound gaped quite a bit in the middle . |
| 23 | He was a small man and it looked as if his rifle was much too heavy for him as he waved it threateningly at the crowd inside the camp . |
| 24 | And it looked as if I was going to have to leave without that promised rarity . |
| 25 | The youth was certainly one of the vagabond gipsies , and it looked as if he had been spying out Farmer Yatton 's land , for the very next morning Angela 's daddy came into the farmhouse with the news that several sacks of potatoes and a quantity of oats had been stolen from one of the storehouses during the night . |
| 26 | He had a good head of dark brown hair , and it looked as if he knew a decent barber . |
| 27 | Neighbours saw one man drive away and it looked as if he was hurt . |
| 28 | She desperately waited for his answer and it looked as if he was fighting an inner turmoil as to what to tell her . |
| 29 | Start doing something and it looks as if you have got worries . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ This is the best way I know to sort out problems , and it looks as if you and I certainly need to have our minds distracted ! |