Example sentences of "seemed [adv] [adj] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If anything , they seemed rather receptive to the idea of talking about invasion of the locality by monsters from deep space . |
| 2 | He seemed most excited by the project the centre has already launched in Senegal , where they have implemented LOGO in Wolof , the country 's language . |
| 3 | Benjamin seemed most interested in the charcoal braziers and sifted with his boot amongst the white ashes of the fire but , muttering to himself , claimed he could discover nothing untoward . |
| 4 | After the changeover he soon and predictably became critical of Chamberlain , but before it took place he seemed wholly unattracted by the game of balancing one possible successor against another . |
| 5 | She expected to find Kathleen prostrated by the tragedy in her family , but although she spoke sadly of Cormac 's wasted life and her mother 's collapse , Kathleen seemed remarkably untouched by the tragedy . |
| 6 | It seemed bitterly cold after the heat of Peru . |
| 7 | Too confused to respond , Sarella let him mould her beneath his touch until he ran his hands violently over her hips , locking her tight in a way that seemed shockingly intimate after the coldness that had preceded it , and then she felt a searing rapport as her body responded hungrily to his touch . |
| 8 | The curtains were of heavy velvet , but seemed somewhat skimpy for the expanse of window . |
| 9 | Probably for that reason as much as any other , the Manchu appearance seemed impossibly alien to the eye . |
| 10 | She , in turn , welcomed his calm quiet manner which seemed so restful after the hubbub of her childhood . |
| 11 | ‘ What seemed so hard at the beginning was the limitation that calling her Down 's and handicapped would have on her new life . |
| 12 | She seemed abnormally sensitive to the smoke smells and her stomach was rolling uncomfortably . |
| 13 | Civitas Dei dismayed many of Curtis ' admirers at the time of its publication , but such ideas seemed less ridiculous under the stress of war , when the usual urge was experienced to justify the ways of man to God . |
| 14 | The stone buildings surrounding it seemed less solid in the moonlight , as if they might at any moment shimmer and disappear . |
| 15 | But it is possible that both views were influenced by hindsight and that matters seemed less clear-cut at the time . |
| 16 | But it is possible that both views were influenced by hindsight and that matters seemed less clear-cut at the time . |
| 17 | Her manner was different ; she often left home alone , and she seemed less interested in the gang . |
| 18 | Wesleyans , along with Primitive Methodists , seemed less concerned with the need for an educated ministry than the Baptists and Congregationalists . |
| 19 | He seemed physically uncomfortable in the cockpit . |
| 20 | I was even surprised to hear definite first hand evidence of any damage at all , military or not , for raids on Germany in those days usually seemed depressingly unsuccessful from the air . |
| 21 | He seemed mildly surprised by the question . |
| 22 | It seemed somehow significant for the rest of the decade . ’ |
| 23 | Alan Strachan seemed genuinely pleased with the work we 'd done so far . |
| 24 | Reggie seemed genuinely pleased with the idea of a tribute to Joyce , and from that day forth gave me endless friendship and encouragement . |
| 25 | The club struck him in the stomach again , dripping him to his knees , and there was a sudden crack that seemed unnaturally loud in the silence . |
| 26 | Theda slipped unobtrusively into the house , which seemed unnaturally quiet after the hurricane that had driven her out of it . |
| 27 | While the others seemed still obsessed with the catastrophe of 1870 , Pétain was assiduously and pragmatically studying more recent campaigns such as the Boer War and the RussoJapanese War of 1905 , where the defence had given so good an account of itself . |
| 28 | I kept hoping the foreman would notice , but he did n't ; there was some meeting going on and he seemed more concerned with the fact that all the bosses were going to that than in what we were doing . ’ |
| 29 | Forward defence also seemed more important in the age of nuclear weapons . |
| 30 | September 1979 ) , in addition to our own discussions at that time with representatives of the lenders ; repeating the exercise seemed unduly costly for the sake of up-to-the minute figures . |