Example sentences of "but it look " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crowd was still thickening , filling back down the high street , but it looked like time to start . |
| 2 | The doctor was rubbing her hands , probably to warm them , but it looked like a gesture of glee and greed . |
| 3 | It was a sensible policy , but it looked as if the Thatcher Government had simply executed a U-turn and baled out a loss-making nationalized industry . |
| 4 | But it looked at one stage as if they might lose their first choice and have to stay in Reigate for another summer when negotiations for the purchase coincided with their long-planned holiday of a lifetime — watching last month 's world cup cricket in Australia . |
| 5 | It was hardly likely the sun would be cracking the skies , but it looked as if it would soon be out . |
| 6 | But it looked as if the title might yet be decided on the flip of a Manly-sized wave after all . |
| 7 | Leeds did well , but it looked as though top points would be shared with Huddersfield as , on the last Saturday of the tournament , the Peacocks were away to Bradford City while Huddersfield , two points behind , were home to Bradford ( Park Avenue ) . |
| 8 | They were very discreet but it looked to me like an assignation . ’ |
| 9 | She thought it a mite expensive , but it looked a respectable place , and Mrs Taylor had been sympathetic about Grandfather . |
| 10 | We did use black paper , but it looked terrible and attracted graffiti , so then we thought of fine art . |
| 11 | Its main attraction before independence was that it provided an antidote to the Government propaganda of Mambo Leo , but it looked very shabby by comparison . |
| 12 | But it looked as if Paul Berowne was n't proposing to take much time over their meeting . |
| 13 | it had sort of round shade with a bulb and the bu but it looked like an eye you know because the bulb came out and you moved these three things around , you can still buy them now , but er , then they were a bit way out . |
| 14 | He did n't quite understand the chemistry yet , but it looked complicated . |
| 15 | It was an illusion , he knew that , but it looked real and solid . |
| 16 | But it looked now like trouble . |
| 17 | His hat was stuck on top of his head but it looked as though it would blow off at any minute . |
| 18 | He could n't tell if it was leather or canvas webbing , but it looked broad and strong . |
| 19 | I ca n't vouch for this hotel but it looked wonderful for a romantic weekend . |
| 20 | There was a through-way running the length of this wood but it looked more like a path than a substantial track . |
| 21 | " But it looked very black against him . |
| 22 | We were then too high for much detail , but it looked a general melee back where Mala had been . |
| 23 | There had been a light snowfall the previous night but it looked as if someone else had been here , visited the witch then gone back to the line of trees , covering their tracks by using a switch of old branches so no imprint could be seen . |
| 24 | But it looked like being a long , hot drive home , and he was teaching at nine on Thursday . |
| 25 | Not strikingly original as anthropological titles go , but it looked well with his name set out underneath it in italic capitals . |
| 26 | But it looked mighty like Switzerland . |
| 27 | Well , it was tiny for a trampoline , but it looked far too big to push inside a person . |
| 28 | She had put on one of Alice 's brassières under the dress she had lent her , but it looked odd , so she had to take it off . |
| 29 | ‘ Apparently all he said was that he did n't know how he 'd died , but it looked unpleasant . |
| 30 | But it looked the kind of place that would be silent if diggers full of desperate nomes were n't thundering across it . |