Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] it look " in BNC.
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| 1 | Police are convinced that the clampdown has hurt the porn industry in Northamptonshire quite hard , but they say if it looks as if the illegal material is building up again then they wo n't hesitate to have another bonfire . |
| 2 | Bronze , an alloy of mainly copper and tin , could be polished until it looked almost like gold , and the technique of making it had been known in Britain for centuries . |
| 3 | He 'd caught a glimpse of the two of them reflected in the hall mirror and his heart had lurched because it looked as if he was propping up a corpse . |
| 4 | ‘ The eye should learn to listen before it looks . ’ |
| 5 | That , just have a look to see if it looks okay . |
| 6 | She hurried out of the hall as soon as she had finished speaking , not even particularly caring if it looked as if she were running away . |
| 7 | So I can see if it looks okay . |
| 8 | I wore a suit that Mary had seen in a second-hand shop in Paris and insisted I bought so that at least I had one outfit I could put on for interviews without worrying whether it looked OK or not . |
| 9 | I remember cos it looked so nice . |
| 10 | The reader can examine the program and prevent it running if it looks suspicious . |
| 11 | Make a few test recordings before you start the session in earnest in order to get used to the set-up and to check that the wording sounds as good when spoken as it looks on the page . |
| 12 | The jaw tightened till it looked as if it had been carved from golden marble . |
| 13 | I wonder if it looked better if it was a bit bigger . |
| 14 | Improvisation means if it looks like a gift , it probably is a gift . |
| 15 | Six to eight men hauled the Durham wagon round the streets — they said it was easier to move than it looked , as once it was rolling it was not difficult until it had to be stopped ! |
| 16 | Based on a simple thick white sauce , this meal is much easier to make than it looks |
| 17 | A pretty napkin fold is easier to make than it looks . |
| 18 | See if it looks the way it sounds . |
| 19 | The more unkind observers have already wondered whether it looks rather two-faced or even like a pair of out of shape knickers . |