Example sentences of "and look as [subord] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It winds up the hillside , and looks as if it could become a raging torrent in wet weather . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | At the cadenza , she stumbled down the keyboard with something that had elements of a flourish but ended up sounding more like a digital coronary , an awful , shaming collapse of the fingers that , at the last minute , recovered itself and looked as if it might turn into something like the chord of A minor . |
| 4 | It was brownish-yellow and very tattered and looked as if it might be the real thing . |
| 5 | He was very apologetic , and looked as if he might be taken away and hanged for the delay . |
| 6 | When he looked back , the Punk had taken the woman 's straw hat off and looked as if he might be about to eat it . |
| 7 | Archie shuffled his feet and looked as if he 'd like to vanish up his parlour chimney . |
| 8 | He was gormless , spoke in a funny nasal accent and looked as if he could do with a kick up the backside . |
| 9 | The entrance through the surrounding wall stood high and splendid , arched in the Spanish manner , and the vast wrought-iron gates stood open , ready to close behind them and looking as if they would . |