Example sentences of "look [prep] if [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the third place peasant correspondents in particular looked as if they would be a useful source of information for the central authorities on dissatisfaction in the countryside and on the rising influence of peasant types not in favour with the party . |
| 2 | Both highly desirable , the one on the left especially ; both looked as if they would n't get on their backs for anything less than Edouard de Chavigny himself ; both had the kind of accent that made his toes curl , and made him wish he 'd opted for the more costly tailor . |
| 3 | Though he noticed there were some who spoke to the superintendent and were completely ignored , while others looked as if they would have preferred to creep past unknown . |
| 4 | His dogs looked as if they might be dangerous and so Coetzee reached for a tried and tested method for solving the problem — strychnine . |
| 5 | Cheltenham had lost their last five games and despite creating some excellent chances , looked as if they might lose their sixth . |
| 6 | The Blues looked as if they might struggle to punch a hole in a paper bag , let alone score . |
| 7 | The quality of the ball suffered accordingly and although Biarritz scored two tries to Toulon 's one they never looked as if they could win the game . |
| 8 | Hopeful Bid looked as if he would win easily but was taken on by the Clive Brittain-trained Braveboy inside the final furlong . |
| 9 | Andy Nicol scything through the middle — as he sensed the outside pass to Tony Stanger was blocked — looked as if he would be able to detonate Stanger on the inside thrust , but as Nicol was clobbered , the ball ballooned off Stanger 's shoulder . |
| 10 | He was very apologetic , and looked as if he might be taken away and hanged for the delay . |
| 11 | GEORGE Carey has always looked as if he might be more comfortable in a cloth cap than a mitre . |
| 12 | With the wisdom of hindsight it 's obvious that Mark Ring , who in his Pontypool days looked as if he might be the answer to all our no.10 prayers , was unfit and a liability in the match against Australia . |
| 13 | When he looked back , the Punk had taken the woman 's straw hat off and looked as if he might be about to eat it . |
| 14 | ‘ Danzig ’ , called my mum , as I disappeared into the house , ‘ looked as if he might do it . |
| 15 | He was gormless , spoke in a funny nasal accent and looked as if he could do with a kick up the backside . |
| 16 | Archie shuffled his feet and looked as if he 'd like to vanish up his parlour chimney . |
| 17 | When he opened the scoring , it came as no surprise , for it had looked as if he 'd be the one to do it from the start . |
| 18 | At the cadenza , she stumbled down the keyboard with something that had elements of a flourish but ended up sounding more like a digital coronary , an awful , shaming collapse of the fingers that , at the last minute , recovered itself and looked as if it might turn into something like the chord of A minor . |
| 19 | It was brownish-yellow and very tattered and looked as if it might be the real thing . |
| 20 | That enamel mug looked as if it might be his . |
| 21 | The peseta 's devaluation on May 13th looked as if it might help the right-of-centre opposition People 's Party , but the party 's leader , Jose Maria Aznar , failed to exploit the opportunity and polls taken after the devaluation showed the ruling Socialists nosing ahead . |
| 22 | The room looked as if it might be quite comfortable . |
| 23 | Suddenly my short journalistic career looked as if it would stay short . |
| 24 | The day looked as if it would be a fine one . |
| 25 | Maybe what I did was an act of complicity , or looked as if it could have been . |
| 26 | And this party looked as if it could go on for hours yet ! |
| 27 | There was no archetypal couch in Dr Kingdom 's consulting room , although a chair by the window looked as if it could be converted for the purpose . |
| 28 | At one point it had looked as if she might have been forced to live at home with her parents , and much as Rachel loved them she knew that arrangement just would n't work . |
| 29 | The little girl hesitantly offered the bowl to Marion , who for a moment looked as if she would snatch it and throw it at her . |
| 30 | The girl looked as if she could do with a fairy godmother , or perhaps just a mother . |