Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] it look " in BNC.

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1 Except that her figure made it look good anyway .
2 Typical of the electric effects are the advertising blimp — Scott wanted it to look like his memories from earliest childhood of wartime barrage balloons — and the many neon signs , particularly the giant billboard screen showing an oriental girl .
3 An early goal by the visitors made it look as though we were heading for our nineteenth League defeat of the season , but thanks to my inspirational coaching from the touchline , new boy Kev Knowles levelled the score on the stroke of half-time .
4 Nigel thought it looked very much like that of a French aristocrat , with all those curls .
5 A tall chimney above the heating plant and workshops made it look rather like a factory under guard .
6 When sitting astride a conveyance that prefers hay to unleaded , you should remember that John Wayne made it look a lot easier than it is .
7 She told the council 's cemeteries and crematorium consultative committee she was a regular visitor and the items being placed in the chapel of remembrance made it look like a shop display .
8 They Matt and me , that 's to say — were arguing about baptising the Indians , and at the point the raft capsized it looked as if I was winning the argument .
9 Vern said it looked like the owners were coming to use the boat again soon : we 'd better clear off quick before it was light in the morning , specially as it 'd be Saturday .
10 Defries thought it looked a bit obscene ; but then , perhaps that was appropriate .
11 The papacy 's moral powers enabled it to look for money throughout the western world .
12 I was very pleased with the result and my friend thought it looked like fashion lace .
13 One of the giving-out-food humans was pulling trays off a shelf when a movement made it look up .
14 but black the orange light 's shining on the red button made it look black .
15 Hungary 's need for loans and its trade surplus problems with the Soviet Union led it to look for other trading partners within Europe .
16 It was a well-turned performance and , if the putter was really as good as Brian Harley made it look , there was no doubt that he would sell a huge number .
17 There were , though , negative comments : 17% of respondents thought it looked extravagant and was too glossy .
18 Millwall on the other hand made it look all to easy … their sub Verveeay was a yard too quick for the Oxford defence … and his shot was spot on …
19 From where Yanto stood it looked like just another heap of mud .
20 Bas said it looked like a tart 's bedroom , ’ said Dancer cheerfully .
21 From what Morse said it looks as though he was trying to flog it in some under-the-counter deal , but I do n't see how it helps us . ’
22 But one health authority finance officer said it looked ‘ inconceivable ’ that the budget could be balanced without service cuts , in the winter or next year , unless extra cash was provided or health ministers allowed the deficit to be carried forward .
23 It had since been rebuilt ; its arched windows and roofs made it look like a Russian provincial home .
24 Two ageing rock stars in front made it look easy and Hebbert was fooled .
25 Dawn used it look , she put it up in the cupboard .
26 And Jonathan said it looked like .
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