Example sentences of "it look [prep] [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | It looks as if they 've been washed . |
| 2 | Within a day or so the newcomers have appointments fixed with social security to get some money and when it looks as if they 're staying , negotiations begin with schools to admit their children . |
| 3 | Whenever you visit their place unexpectedly it looks as if they 've spent every waking moment cleaning and polishing . |
| 4 | Then if , if it looks as if they are in , you just go to the next one and look at that , you know what I mean ? |
| 5 | ‘ It looks as if they were interrupted at their meal , ’ he remarked , righting the overturned stool and using it to indicate a soiled trencher and several dusty earthenware mugs on the table . |
| 6 | It looks as if they 're trying to get rid of him . ’ |
| 7 | What I said was , it looks as if they 're here . |
| 8 | Often it looks as if they are , erm but they do n't need to be . |
| 9 | It looks as if they were making some slight effort of their own up here to maintain the quality of life . |
| 10 | Mind you , it looks as if they did quite a bit of homework and know kelly is a converted winger … |
| 11 | ‘ It looks as if they new exactly what they were after — a new white Mercedes , ’ says Mr Sloan . |
| 12 | Yeah , it looks as if they 've just been sort of put in in a heap |
| 13 | This they achieved by switching off their tacographs as they were loading making it look as if they were at rest . |
| 14 | This they achieved by switching off their tachographs as they were loading , making it look as if they were at rest . |
| 15 | Most of the others hovered diplomatically to make it look as if they were about to turn back , while still edging gingerly forward . |
| 16 | But another selector confided the truth that Wales should be giving club opposition a hammering — and at half-time , building on their win over Newbridge , it looked as if they would . |
| 17 | It looked as if they were waiting for somebody , could it be me ? |
| 18 | It looked as if they had discovered a minefield . |
| 19 | It looked as if they were about to push back their chairs and join her at her table , and only just in time , Cassie remembered that she needed no further complications in an already bewildering and uncontrollable life . |
| 20 | It looked as if they 'd been having a party and had just taken off in the middle of it . |
| 21 | It looked as if they had nearly finished . |
| 22 | They said in the shop that the men who did it had been pretending to take up paving stones — nobody thought anything because it looked as if they were from the Council . ’ |
| 23 | The hijackers jumped down and for a minute it looked as if they were going to try to fight their way out . |
| 24 | ‘ Middlesbrough Library came up with a decade of the Annual Register from 1790–1800 , which was wonderful , ’ she said , adding that they were so dirty it looked as if they had n't been touched since that date . |
| 25 | Just when it looked as if they were starting to put something together ( they had not lost a goal in their previous four matches ) , along came Dundee to ruin it all . |
| 26 | Now , it looked as if they were newly decorating so whether the water got into there or not , but it did n't look as if they were in the process of decorating so I hope it did n't for their sake . |
| 27 | As local residents packed a meeting of Nailsworth Town Council in Gloucestershire , it looked as if they 'd lost their battle to save one of the town 's landmarks . |
| 28 | 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 . |