Example sentences of "it looked for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He decided to live in Dorset and chose this site ( where an earlier house had been ) , because it looked for all the world as though , when the house was built , it could sail straight out to sea . |
| 2 | In Lewis the effect of the decline in the inshore fishing industry was all the more dramatic because it looked for a time as if it might be averted . |
| 3 | To begin with , they thought that the Robemaker had injured him in some unimaginable way , for the crimson mask still had him in its grip and in the flickering light , it looked for a moment as if the lower part of his face was covered in blood . |
| 4 | It looked for all the world like a — |
| 5 | Tony Dobson put Portsmouth ahead early on and it looked for a long time as though that was going to be the only goal of the game . |
| 6 | It looked for all the world like a keyhole . |
| 7 | In 1980 the CDP was talking of CNAA ‘ dogmatism ’ , and in suggesting the establishment of a liaison body with the CNAA it looked for the establishment of a ‘ special relationship ’ . |
| 8 | The quarry site 's owners ARC have sought a court order to evoct the travellers from the site later this week , but by this evening it looked for most of them as thought the party was over anyway . |