Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [prep] [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The phone rings , though , so it looks as if somebody pays the phone bills . |
| 2 | Now it looks as if nothing could stop West Germany taking the lead with her unbeatable combination of credentials : guilt , enthusiasm , material interest and money . |
| 3 | It looks as if their all coming back , their all coming from the shops where their usually their going . |
| 4 | Well it looks as if what we 're doing now , we 're having a discussion , we 're like counting chickens before they 're hatched , we have n't erm actually had a refusal . |
| 5 | Rather , it looks as if we will have to wait until the end of 1991 before we get any dramatic improvement . |
| 6 | Mr Patten said later : ‘ The important thing as far as I am concerned is that it looks as if we are going to have a Conservative government . |
| 7 | Understandable had I been writing this in August , but as it is still March it looks as if we are in for another drought this summer . |
| 8 | B : ‘ I am worried about my job because it looks as if we are going to be privatised soon and there may be redundancies . |
| 9 | And since it looks as if we 're all goin' to the same place , why do n't we take our kit to the left luggage then see if we ca n't find that canteen ? ’ |
| 10 | It looks as if we like bashing our heads against a wall . |
| 11 | Remarks ( i ) On the face of it , it looks as if we have six results to prove , namely : |
| 12 | It looks as if we 'll be able to buy the Stiebel-Stein mail-order business , so I 've been working on ways to raise the money . |
| 13 | It looks as if we 're going to have a hell of a job to identify him . |
| 14 | We budgeted a thousand pounds , it looks as if we 're going to have to spend more on urgent work . |
| 15 | ‘ It looks as if we might be in for a bit of a blow , ’ he remarked . |
| 16 | Watching him , Polly saw his jaw tighten , but all he said was , ‘ It looks as if we might be in for another blow . ’ |
| 17 | It looks as if we might have to pull back behind the Crozat Canal and hold St Simon . |
| 18 | Er , well , the extra costs was two million a year er , and at the end of the first six months in the first year we 'd , we 'd , we 'd achieved a million extra revenue , so it looks as if we 've paid for it . |
| 19 | ‘ It looks as if we have a few customers waiting out there , ’ she managed lightly . |
| 20 | ‘ It looks as if we 've got you for resisting arrest as well , ’ he told her grimly . |
| 21 | ‘ It looks as if we will be playing in Belfast . ’ |
| 22 | It looks as if they 've been washed . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Whenever you visit their place unexpectedly it looks as if they 've spent every waking moment cleaning and polishing . |
| 25 | 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 ? |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . |
| 27 | It looks as if they 're trying to get rid of him . ’ |
| 28 | What I said was , it looks as if they 're here . |
| 29 | Often it looks as if they are , erm but they do n't need to be . |
| 30 | It looks as if they were making some slight effort of their own up here to maintain the quality of life . |