Example sentences of "look [subord] though [pron] be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " It almost looks as though they were just going through the cupboards , examining the stuff , as it were , the plainclothes man said . |
| 2 | Now party influence looks as though it is again on the wane . |
| 3 | The Egyptian connection undoubtedly occurred , but it looks as though it was quite a late development . |
| 4 | But if Mayor Schönlein hoped that by ostracising Fohrbeck he would force her resignation before her term of office ends in April 1996 , it looks as though he was very much mistaken . |
| 5 | It looks as though he was deliberately emphasizing the legal basis of his right to order the affairs of Aquitaine . |
| 6 | But others looked as though they were desperately trying to find a way out , gazing to the ceiling deep in thought . |
| 7 | I suppose both of them were silent ; but I thought that O looked as though something was almost over , as if he was ending somehow . |
| 8 | He settled back in the chair , his leg accidentally brushing against Alyssia 's , and looked as though he was highly intrigued by the conversation and in no hurry to excuse himself . |
| 9 | He 'd looked as though he was really pleased to see her , not awkward or evasive , and as he continued to watch her she hastily dragged her mind back to the matter in hand . |
| 10 | Well , you look as though you 're still in one piece after the interrogation , ’ she remarked . |
| 11 | I left the bike in the shed and watched him from the shed door for a while , poised so that if he happened to wake up it would look as though I was just in the act of shutting the door . |
| 12 | Had she really managed to look as though she were still holding together ? |
| 13 | He looked as though she was deliberately punishing him . |