Example sentences of "seemed [prep] be [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They seemed to be shrouded in mystery , and Fran was itching to find out more . |
| 2 | The huge domes seemed to be heaped on top of each other like black barnacles , their polarised , opaque surfaces hiding everything contained within them . |
| 3 | ‘ — I was going to rip your clothes from you — ’ His hands sought the belt of her housecoat , and his every movement seemed to be tempered with respect . |
| 4 | My fingers seemed to be made of cotton wool . |
| 5 | It seemed to be made of rubber . |
| 6 | At the end of the term and the completion of the topic , staff agreed that satisfactory progress seemed to be made from year group to year group in terms of the development of writing skills . |
| 7 | The parents invariably seemed to be laden with shopping , children , pushchairs , and all the other paraphernalia of parenthood . |
| 8 | The entire family seemed to be steeped in music and I understand that when a new harmonium was introduced in Spittal Chapel there was keen interest in comparing that with the one they owned — such as whether one had more stops than the other . |
| 9 | There was an other-world stillness about the place , despite the previous night , and even the castle seemed to be touched by magic . |
| 10 | Miss Taylor , you went to Hollywood as a very young girl and during that time the young actors and actresses such as Mickey Rooney , Judy Garland and Deanna Durbin seemed to be channelled towards song and dance . |
| 11 | At the end of the corridor , there was a staircase piled high with carrier bags which seemed to be filled with rubbish . |
| 12 | This effect was not easily predictable , but seemed to be related to pedestrian trip routes , and the network of pedestrian flows in the city centre . |
| 13 | Most respondents showed concern at the emphasis which seemed to be given to world faiths other than Christianity . |
| 14 | First we address the question of how the care programme approach seemed to be put into practice . |
| 15 | This often seemed to be taken to excess and getting drunk or ‘ blind drunk ’ was described as common practice , at least within their world as they revealed it to us . |
| 16 | Just above the spot where Carey had stood to fish was a spread of broom , so close to the edge that it seemed to be rooted in granite . |
| 17 | In her dreaminess she seemed to be surrounded by love . |
| 18 | Incompatible ABO expression , although seen in only 6% of patients , seemed to be associated with dysplasia or cancer somewhere in the colon . |
| 19 | Tamar had little chance to talk to Stephen , who seemed to be occupied on estate business from morn till night . |
| 20 | Something of a spiritual vacuum prevailed following the discrediting of the orthodoxy hitherto imposed , and the values that had been so obviously tied up with the victor 's success and the material prosperity of the US seemed to be espoused with enthusiasm . |
| 21 | It seemed to be draped in black , its face hidden . |
| 22 | Norwich fans did pay their respects by placing bunches of daffodils on the pitch behind the goal , although nothing of this gesture seemed to be mentioned on TV or in the press . |
| 23 | Marshall had taken to calling it the rumour factory because a disproportionate amount of time seemed to be wasted on chatter . |
| 24 | Their dull helmets seemed to be fashioned from iron ; their cloaks were long and red ; some carried shields , huge ovals with prominent bosses and the shape of an eagle painted upon them . |