Whole area looks a lot different on paper than from the air.

The area is certainly looking better than when I came through here several years ago.

"You should have seen what this area looked like three years ago."

The side door closed and the area once more looked as if nothing had happened all day.

The area looks much like it did in the 19th century.

Before the fire, the area looked much as it did at the turn of the century.

He spent three weeks driving around the area looking for her.

That area looked more run down than I remember it from a few weeks ago, though.

Soon the sun would be up, and the area could not look as though there were people here.

Within weeks there were more than 9,000 people in the area looking for gold.