After the collapse, it looked as if they'd be coughing up most of their winnings.
It looked as if at least some of the prediction was going to come true.
At times it looked as if the team was freezing Howard out in the first half.
For a brief moment, it looked as if the new Congress might see a serious clean-up.
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For the first two sets, it looked as if Azarenka hadn't played in years.
For a while it looked as if a newly revved-up Bajaj would reclaim the crown.
For a brief moment, it looked as if the budget might open the way to privatisation and liberalisation.
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It looked as if it had last been painted in the Coolidge Administration.
Recently it looked as if tensions in the mining industry might be easing.
For the second year in a row, it looked as if 90 minutes wouldn't be enough to settle this final.
It looked as if the light were radiating from inside him, as if he had swallowed a fistful of emeralds.
And yet, it looked as if the bulls had everything going their way by the time the opening bell rang.
Right at the very end of the year, it looked as if some of that trust might finally be being restored.
After the landslide Tory defeat of 1906, their worst ever (until 1997), it looked as if the Conservatives were indeed finished.
Bauman says it looked as if the brain cells in the amygdala of the man with autism were smaller and more densely packed.
The more it grew and burned out of his control, the less it looked as if he'd have any choice of walking away.
Its leader Helen Zille said it looked as if the South Africans were in CAR to defend the regime of ousted President Francois Bozize.
It looked as if the Bulls would win when Robinson banked in a runner off one foot over Williams with two seconds left in OT.
Mullally clean bowled opener Carl Bradfield for England's only breakthrough before lunch and it looked as if the home side was heading for a formidable total.
At first sight, it looked as if the reason was that the chub were being eaten by trout introduced for sport fishing in the mid-20th century.
Indeed, a tentative Mayweather looked vulnerable for perhaps the first time in his career, and for a moment it looked as if he might be overpowered.
It looked as if the Bulls would win when Robinson banked in a runner off one foot over Williams with two seconds left in the first OT.
After five years at Old Trafford, it looked as if he was going to sign for Real Madrid last summer but he ended up staying at United.
As the initial wave of iPhone 5 reviews hit, it looked as if Apple's dual-core A6 processor was sporting a clock speed of around 1GHz.
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Mathew Sinclair did well to survive a series of short-pitched deliveries and it looked as if he and Nathan Astle would see it through to the close.
It looked as if Hawaii's high court would rule in favor of same-sex marriages in late 1998, but voters overwhelmingly approved a state constitutional amendment banning such marriages.
Shortly afterwards, Wasps full-back Mark Van Gisbergen missed a straightforward penalty and it looked as if the European Champions were going to suffer a defeat to their Welsh opponents.
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