Example sentences of "look as if it [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That storm still looks as if it 's building up to me , ’ said Jimmy . |
| 2 | This , this train looks as if it 's sticking its tongue out . |
| 3 | Train looks as if it 's sticking its |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But these days , if it looks as if it 's going to be nasty , I take the easy way out . |
| 6 | ‘ My face looks as if it 's going to drop off a fruit tree , ’ he said at himself . |
| 7 | So it looks as if it 's going off to infinity or something , but |
| 8 | ‘ It looks as if it 's going to rain . |
| 9 | There 's actually a very different difficult problem with sexual harassment , which is that erm there are occasions when it looks as if it 's going to be difficult for a college not to go ahead , even when the victim has withdrawn her or his complaint . |
| 10 | It looks as if it 's reeling on to that spool . |
| 11 | It looks as if it 's recording , but every time I press Play … |
| 12 | This is a unhelpful because it 's winding that way yet it looks as if it 's winding that way , does n't it ? |
| 13 | The Ottawa , Ontario company looks as if it is beginning to falter by reporting second quarter losses of $1.1m on turnover down by 2% at $30m . |
| 14 | Attach the arm inside the sarcophagus so that it looks as if it is coming out of the base , and bend it up slightly so that it looks as if it is pushing up the lid . |
| 15 | Place the foot at the base of the door , and attach the arm so that it looks as if it is holding the door open slightly . |
| 16 | Attach the arm inside the sarcophagus so that it looks as if it is coming out of the base , and bend it up slightly so that it looks as if it is pushing up the lid . |
| 17 | Not only is the creature convincingly modelled and animated , but ray tracing and lighting effects are used to give accurate refraction and reflection so that it really does look as if it is made of water . |
| 18 | By positioning a bolster in the middle of the bed instead of at the end the mattress will look as if it is divided into two separate areas . |
| 19 | Does n't look as if it 's moving at all to me . |
| 20 | Mm , see one of the dangers of just reading the bible is that you have to be careful you do n't fall into the pitfall of just reading it when if you do then it 'll all look as if it 's pointing towards the only way out is heaven |
| 21 | Does n't look as if it 's going to be dry to me . |
| 22 | I 'm never sure if they eat this weed cos it does n't look as if it 's going anywhere . |
| 23 | Attach a ‘ bandage ’ to the arm and drape over the sarcophagus to look as if it is unravelling . |
| 24 | Like produces like : the blackthorn in spring simulates the depths of winter — a blackthorn hedge in full bloom does , in fact , look as if it is covered with snow or a thick hoar-frost — therefore according to the old principle cold weather is an inevitable and logical consequence . |