Example sentences of "[vb -s] like it was [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The place looks like it was ransacked by an LAPD squadron looking for drugs or a thrash metal band who found them . |
| 2 | ‘ Whoa ! ’ is constructed slyly , so from the outside it looks like it was made by tramps in their lunch hour , but in reality it is a nifto exercise in song-building that starts off quiet and nervous and by the end is running about the room shouting and pouring lager into flowerpots . |
| 3 | ‘ It looks like it was made in someone 's front room instead of in the open air in front of thousands of people . |
| 4 | Regarding the ‘ fat factor ’ , he did n't look particularly portly in the picture in last nights local rag ( looks like it was taken during Wimbledon at home ) . |
| 5 | So what if she has only three frocks to her name ( ‘ cuts down on the washin' ’ ) Or if her ‘ fur ’ coat looks like it was handed down from Wilma Flintstone . |