Example sentences of "[vb past] always seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd always seemed so self-contained , so self-sufficient . |
| 2 | He 'd always seemed pleasant enough , if a little ‘ over-tired and emotional ’ on occasion . |
| 3 | She was surprised how much the gardens were used ; they 'd always seemed just a square on a city map before , not a three-dimensional patch of wildness surrounded by traffic . |
| 4 | It was quite a shock to everyone when it was known that Mr Wilson had died ; he who had always seemed so solid and enduring . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , for me the house had always seemed to stand a little aloof , and as well as a respectful reserve I felt still the restriction of a child in the company of old people : ‘ Not too much noise , dear , because … |
| 6 | He had always seemed a solid family man , and until his exposure there had been no hint of scandal about him . |
| 7 | In the past , probably because she was four years older , Laura had always seemed the more dominant figure . |
| 8 | Dave Sprott , the northern dentist at 102 , whose carefully preserved northern accent had always seemed to Henry a way of criticizing the London suburb in which he found himself , suggested that they ‘ hire ’ St Paul 's Cathedral . |
| 9 | It had always seemed such an impossible dream , but with Louise talking about it so matter-of-factly it seemed almost a fait accompli . |
| 10 | She was unaware of any undue familiarity between herself and her cousin ; they seemed as they had always seemed since childhood . |
| 11 | Their marriage had always seemed far too secure . |
| 12 | She and Brian had been meaning to explore the area at weekends , but there had always seemed so much else to do . |
| 13 | Lifelong bogeys became jokes ; the long tunnel of what had always seemed to her exaggerated behaviour and elaborate unorthodoxy had a light at the end of it , the light of a life with Peter . |
| 14 | That was the Catholic name for it and it had always seemed very appropriate to Preston , conjuring up visions of an unctuous priest dripping oil and glib assurance . |
| 15 | After Arnold died , Nancy , feeling more strongly than ever what she had always known , that he was the only man she had loved , came to live permanently in the house where he had always seemed happiest , a piece of property he had picked up for a song in the sixties from Barone Dulcibene 's father-in-law , old Count Umberto Baderini . |
| 16 | They passed lock-up stores , splendid Georgian terraces , and the stern front of St Mary 's Church with its massive columns which had always seemed to Boxer like the fingers of an upraised hand ordering him to halt , enter and say a prayer . |
| 17 | Before this , the twins ' visits had always seemed extorted . |
| 18 | There had been one or two Earth stories of how warriors going into battle had gone shoulder to shoulder , which had always seemed a rather odd expression , but which suddenly made sense . |
| 19 | The style was constantly attracting new figures and had influenced , directly or indirectly , almost every significant young painter in Europe ; even Matisse , whose art had always seemed at the opposite pole to Cubism , was introducing a hitherto unknown severity into his painting in preparation for Cubistic experiments in 1915 . |
| 20 | Or did his advice derive from the crooked workings of a twisted kind of covetousness — perhaps the kind prohibited by the Ninth Commandment , Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour 's wife , which had always seemed superfluous after the Sixth . |
| 21 | The scholar 's separation of the Greek experience from the modern world had always seemed a frivolity ; now it was intolerable . |
| 22 | The hall had always seemed as unfriendly as an abandoned church — it belonged to the days of Lizzie 's strict attention and Twomey 's quiet , dignified footsteps . |
| 23 | He had always seemed grimly determined never to let her close to him , except physically , and in bed he had wanted her almost too much . |
| 24 | Even in the early days of her marriage to Julius , Eleanor had always seemed to be there in the background . |
| 25 | It had always seemed so hard , that saying about the rich man and the kingdom of heaven . |
| 26 | It had always seemed possible for a ‘ device ’ to be hidden in a golf-bag . |
| 27 | That had always seemed an odd combination to me . |
| 28 | He had always seemed so stuffy and plain in his dress . |
| 29 | Lately he had always seemed to start the day with a broken window-pane , and then suddenly one morning the front of his shop was boarded up and we never saw Mr Schultz again . |