Example sentences of "look [prep] [conj] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was grim-faced and looked as if he had not slept , but he offered them freshly made coffee and raised a smile for Catherine . |
| 2 | Dad looked as if he was dying for a cigarette : he gave up smoking two years ago when his secretary-before-last got lung cancer . |
| 3 | Instead of talking about the job he said some words to me in Punjabi or Urdu and looked as if he wanted to get into a big conversation about Ray or Tagore or something . |
| 4 | Jesus , the man looked as if he was in mourning . |
| 5 | He was very apologetic , and looked as if he might be taken away and hanged for the delay . |
| 6 | GEORGE Carey has always looked as if he might be more comfortable in a cloth cap than a mitre . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Archie shuffled his feet and looked as if he 'd like to vanish up his parlour chimney . |
| 9 | Or had looked as if he minded more . |
| 10 | Even Gerard , whom she probably suspected the least , looked as if he had something to hide . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The offworlder looked as if he failed to comprehend the distinction between science and history . |
| 13 | Artai looked as if he was suddenly bored by the whole interlude . |
| 14 | Sidacai looked as if he thought that the question was unnecessary . |
| 15 | He was gormless , spoke in a funny nasal accent and looked as if he could do with a kick up the backside . |
| 16 | Though the groom looked as if he longed to get the whole thing over and done with , he obeyed the dictates of tradition and refused . |
| 17 | He had never physically hurt her , although there had been more than one occasion towards the end of their short , fraught marriage when he had looked as if he were making a huge effort to stop himself raising a hand to her . |
| 18 | He looked down at her , and for a moment looked as if he regretted his actions . |
| 19 | Weasel Eyes looked as if he had n't moved but the other two hypocrites must have dined well for they were slouched , half-asleep , in their high-backed chairs . |
| 20 | The maths master looked as if he was about to have another revelation . |
| 21 | The headmaster looked as if he was fighting off a large insect that was homing in on his neck . |
| 22 | ‘ Danzig ’ , called my mum , as I disappeared into the house , ‘ looked as if he might do it . |
| 23 | But Hadrill was carrying a huge score and looked as if he took opera seriously . |
| 24 | The watchman looked as if he was about to burst into tears . |
| 25 | He lifted a hand , and looked as if he was going to touch her cheek , and then dropped it . |
| 26 | Hopeful Bid looked as if he would win easily but was taken on by the Clive Brittain-trained Braveboy inside the final furlong . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ It has failed , ’ he said , then suddenly looked as if he wished he had bitten his tongue . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Now , with the Hollywood movie Not Without My Daughter , in which he stars opposite Sally Field , due out later this year , it looks as if he 's finally set for international fame . |