Example sentences of "look as [subord] it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When gardening he often wore very baggy trousers with braces , gum boots and a waist-length black donkey jacket which hung loose and looked as if it was too short . |
| 2 | He 'd had a bad shave and his hair looked as if it was growing back after having been cut too short . |
| 3 | His small suitcase had been packed , and looked as if it was ready to go . |
| 4 | The open-windowed room looked as if it was quite far away from the main body of the Workshops . |
| 5 | The fire looked as if it was laughing at her troubles . |
| 6 | His dark blue blazer looked as if it was brand new , as did the white shirt with a very faint grey stripe and the steel blue tie . |
| 7 | The village looked as if it was dying . |
| 8 | There were a few exceptions to prove the rule , but by and large the Commons looked as if it were fighting the class war rather than debating the need for the protection of wild mammals . |
| 9 | She was neither young nor old , a tinker ; her hair , as with so many of them , looked as if it were bleached , while her skin was dark with outdoor living . |
| 10 | ‘ It looks as if it 's bad , an' all . ’ |
| 11 | Graham says that if the set-up is a success — and it certainly looks as if it 's going to be — he may take on more charity tanks in the future . |
| 12 | But these days , if it looks as if it 's going to be nasty , I take the easy way out . |
| 13 | But they have n't It looks as if it 's a right angle there |
| 14 | ‘ My face looks as if it 's going to drop off a fruit tree , ’ he said at himself . |
| 15 | policies away , that 's alright , it looks as if it 's normal . |
| 16 | ‘ That storm still looks as if it 's building up to me , ’ said Jimmy . |
| 17 | It looks as if it 's from the Editor . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , it looks as if it 's from the Editor , ’ said Mounce ironically . |
| 19 | So it looks as if it 's going off to infinity or something , but |
| 20 | ‘ It looks as if it 's going to rain . |
| 21 | Constant rain , and when it 's not raining it looks as if it 's about to . |
| 22 | It looks as if it 's make-your-mind-up time , does n't it ? |
| 23 | It looks as if it 's recording , but every time I press Play … |
| 24 | Now it looks like , ah just stopped moving again , straight line , fixed speed that , this looks as if it 's accelerating . |
| 25 | ‘ So it looks as if it 's the end of the line for both of us . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It looks as if it 's just starting up , ’ he said as the sound of pop music drifted towards them . |
| 27 | Yeah by D X otherwise it looks as if it 's just D Y |
| 28 | This , this train looks as if it 's sticking its tongue out . |
| 29 | Train looks as if it 's sticking its |
| 30 | This is a unhelpful because it 's winding that way yet it looks as if it 's winding that way , does n't it ? |