Example sentences of "look [prep] if [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because the typification is very inclusive , covering known criminals and people who look as if they might be , it gets its meaning partly from practical experience of people who typically commit crime in Easton , but also from prejudices that derive from middleclass notions of respectability . |
| 2 | As for the farm butter , it is being borne away by the purchasers in the great baskets which look as if they might have been used by the Scarlet Pimpernel to smuggle refugee aristos out of Paris . |
| 3 | But as one commentator has remarked , ‘ the trouble is some of these directives look as if they may take until the 21st century to be adopted let alone implemented ’ . |
| 4 | It is a well-established phenomenon that nonwords which sound like actual words ( known as " pseudo-homophones " ) tend to gain slower responses than those which look as if they may be words , but do not sound like any . |
| 5 | What he has done is describe certain linguistic features of the text which distinguish it from other texts ( he refers to Yeats 's ‘ Phoenix ’ and Tennyson 's , ‘ Morte d'Arthur ’ , as well as instances of non-literary usage ) , and which look as if they may be of some literary significance ; but he leaves it to the literary specialist to determine what the nature of that literary significance is . |
| 6 | Mick Jagger , David Mellor , Michael Winner , and many other middle-aged , ego-tripping men who look as if they 'd need a Zimmer frame to get a leg-up and a miracle to get it over . |
| 7 | Or look as if they could . ’ |
| 8 | LEE WEARS a shiny nylon jacket that 's on loan from the Sir Alf Ramsey estate , and cheesy sports pants that look as if they could walk home on their own . |
| 9 | Some guys look as if they could be nice , but they could just as easily swing a baseball bat into someone 's face . |
| 10 | Favourites look as if they will have a good run at Catterick with Royal Greek , Black Spur , James Joy and Pyjamas in particular . |
| 11 | Most Land Rover body panels will fit if they look as if they will fit . |
| 12 | Both in terms of price and utility , the players look as if they will be a major challenge to chip-based products . |
| 13 | But , when the times comes , his proposers look as if they will have an incontestable piece of evidence . |
| 14 | In flight , its little wings look as if they can barely hold it in the air . |
| 15 | At the moment , Fergie 's high-flyers look as if they can only give away the title if it was not for carelessness against Newcastle they would still have a 100% record . |
| 16 | ‘ Bedtime — you look as if you 'll fall asleep where you sit at any moment . |
| 17 | He said you gave marvellous picnics — and you look as if you would ! ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You look as if you could do with a cup . ’ |
| 19 | You look as if you could do with a hot drink , and as a matter of fact , so could 1 . |
| 20 | ‘ You look as if you could do with a bit of help … ’ |
| 21 | Come on ; you look as if you could do with this coffee . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You both look as if you could use a stiff drink , ’ said Harris , softening the natural rasp of his voice with an almost paternal note of concern . |
| 23 | You look as if you could do with collapsing on a sofa . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ In the end I held them against my side under my arm with the suspenders dangling down and some woman said , ‘ Eh , girl them suspenders look as if you should be milking them . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ You look as if you can not spell . |
| 26 | I 'll stay an hour , you look as if you can only move at a crawl . ’ |