Example sentences of "look [conj] [conj] it had " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looks as though it had been cut out for some reason . |
| 2 | and that was my Barclaycard number in case you want it although I ordered it through the thr phone I made out that so that I could read it off on the telephone I did n't even erm I did n't even assemble it I just looked and I saw it does n't chop I thought it would chop things but does n't , it only grates Looks as though it had been out before , you know , you look at this ! |
| 3 | The mist looked as though it had been created by the BBC special effects department for a studio play about Jack the Ripper , and yards away I could hear voices without being able to see the humans making the sound . |
| 4 | We had a 3.15 PM start , and we 'd only played one hole when the end of the world looked as though it had come and we had to shelter in the R&A tent . |
| 5 | As the first rays of morning sunlight streamed through the open doorway , the newly-plastered room looked as though it had been covered in the night by a fine layer of pinkish-buff snow . |
| 6 | His hair , by contrast , fell untidily to his shoulders and his patchy beard looked as though it had been stuck on at random . |
| 7 | The cottage , with its lichen-covered roof , looked as though it had grown out of the moor . |
| 8 | Alfred 's shop looked as though it had been closed and deserted for months ; it was hard to believe that it was only three days since a few people , at least , had been entering through the rickety door with its small glass panes to buy patent medicines or seek advice . |
| 9 | Bicker 's face looked as though it had been ground out on a millstone , but Ratagan was beaming . |
| 10 | For once he really looked quite smart , in well-cut grey trousers that emphasised the length of his legs and strength of his thighs , and a cream shirt that actually looked as though it had been ironed . |
| 11 | When it is done , he wrote , it should look as though it had always been there . |
| 12 | The latter manifests itself as smooth , waxy blobs on fins and skin , making the fish look as though it had been swimming under a dripping candle . |
| 13 | My stomach turned over as I watched the ball heading for the out-of-bounds , but to my relief it looked as though it had stayed in , even if it seemed in an awful spot . |
| 14 | And the hair that looked as though it had been dramatically carved out of something shiny rather than been grown in the normal way . |
| 15 | But in this warm and pleasant climate she was dressed in a long black dress which looked as though it had been made at the time of Heathcliff . |
| 16 | His eyes were like black pools of water , his hair a hoary white , prickly and short , with a parting down the middle which looked as though it had been cut by a Stanley knife . |
| 17 | I gave myself a brisk tub down with a towel — when I saw it in daylight it looked as though it had been run over by a lorry on a muddy building site — and changed every stitch of clothing . |
| 18 | His table was set out with batches of proof sheets clipped together , the ashtray was full of stubs , and there was a cup half full of coffee which looked as though it had gone cold hours before . |
| 19 | The quay was stacked with empty fish boxes , there were platform scales , a yellow dog sleeping in the sun , a small battered truck which looked as though it had found its last resting place , and a notice about rabies . |
| 20 | Anna and her mother lived in a little detached house which looked as though it had been sliced off from some larger building . |
| 21 | It would er but as I 've already said the bed looked made er totally un-slept in it looked as though it had just been made up from new and un-slept in which is why I took that course of action . |
| 22 | It looked as though it had been woven like the baskets which were used to collect tea from the old plantations . |
| 23 | We said god look at this , you know it looked as though it had been painted |