Example sentences of "[noun pl] looked [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alberta , who had played so well on the Saturday , were beaten 14–6 by Ontario in the third-place game the next day and , while the winners looked a lot more together than they had against Newfoundland , they definitely suffered throughout from the absence of their outstanding flanker , Al Charron , ruled out by a World Cup rib injury . |
| 2 | Of all the Soviet nationalities , the Baltic nations looked the most likely to establish ( or as they saw it , resume ) their independent statehood in the 1990s ; their opportunity to do so came soon after the attempted coup when ( in September 1991 ) the USSR Council of State formally approved their independent status and they were admitted into the United Nations and other international organisations . |
| 3 | Now her lips looked a little less cracked . |
| 4 | The bright blue eyes looked a bit bloodshot , and there was a flush of colour across the cheekbones . |
| 5 | Her eyes looked a little dreamy . |
| 6 | Martin 's eyes looked a little glazed . |
| 7 | Her eyes looked the same as yours and mine , only bigger . |
| 8 | All the corridors looked the same and he felt thoroughly confused by his new surroundings . |
| 9 | The grass-grown graves looked the most comfortable . |
| 10 | The guests looked the other way and talked more loudly . |
| 11 | The Madonna book brought in lots of customers , though Books Etc managers looked a little nervous about the ploy of cornering the market on a firm sale title . |
| 12 | Sunderland had a new manager to show off … a big crowd to shout them on … and the bounce of the ball … but Swindon still came out on top … mind you when Shaun Taylor gave away a penalty in the first half … things looked a bit dodgy … |
| 13 | ‘ The eggs looked a bit … ’ |
| 14 | She had thought they could have fruit for dessert but the bananas looked a bit black and sorry , and there were only two ( bruised ) peaches left . |
| 15 | He noticed that in the photographs of his childhood the rooms looked a lot less furnished . |
| 16 | But if the kid from Cardiff is n't too happy at his shunt to starboard — to make way for a revitalised Sharpe — the twin source of young skills looked a devastating force in the victories against both Oldham and Arsenal . |
| 17 | City cops looked the other way , and the Cal State Angels loaned us hardware . |
| 18 | Gloucester were very fortunate in getting a late penalty kick and in fact the very last kick of the game saw Tim Smith come up to get one point which for the last 35 minutes looked the most improbable result of all . |
| 19 | She was now looking round at both their houses distastefully , though the houses looked the same as usual , snow on the roofs , snow a foot deep over the yards , snow poised on every twig and leaf , a cloud from the central-heating chimney hovering calmly over each residence . |
| 20 | The Apothecaries looked no further ; they approached Charles Cheyne , a Chelsea landowner of some substance , who agreed , in 1673 , to let the Society a three and a half acre plot at a rent of £5 per annum . |
| 21 | EVEN BEFORE IT was declared redundant in 1977 , All Souls looked a lost cause . |
| 22 | The girls looked a little less sulky and stared at the two townees . |
| 23 | The teachers looked the same as the pupils and everyone was equal , ha , ha , though I made a fool of myself by calling the male teachers sir and females miss . |
| 24 | Flowers looked a figure of total confidence from the moment he made his first save from Brazilian skipper Rai . |
| 25 | Alexei looked a little wistful . |
| 26 | This handsome son of the Derby winner Shirley Heights looked a first-rate prospect when cantering home at Haydock . |
| 27 | Wolves looked a beaten team even then . |
| 28 | The two sheikhs looked a little perturbed . |
| 29 | As we emerged from our holes in the ground , the two sailors looked a bit sheepish . |
| 30 | When the ball was let out Northern 's backs looked the sharper and after a scoreless first half , centre Paul Collins burst on to a short pass from Johnson and sent the speedy Casado racing over . |