Example sentences of "seemed [verb] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Mrs James seemed to talk to him by the hour , in the middle of the night , sometimes , he believed , and so did the children .
2 Its bluish-black eyes seemed to focus on her for the first time .
3 The way she felt about him seemed to sweep round her like the clouds up above .
4 Lambs rubbed against the fence adjacent to Pete and cows seemed to smile at him across the farmyard .
5 as if in response to his cursing , the wild night struck back at him , flaring a double blow of brilliant whiteness that seemed to tear at him through the windows .
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