Example sentences of "seemed [to-vb] [adj] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay well Claire seemed to go straight for the answer straight , right away . |
| 2 | Woolf seemed to ascribe this to the ignorance of English sentencers about prison conditions on the one hand and other countries ’ practices on the other . |
| 3 | Her long blonde hair seemed to come alive in the sunlight which gave it golden highlights . |
| 4 | While the new order clearly meant that the Community law supplanted existing statute law , the concept that it should likewise override any later Acts of Parliament caused some legal debate , for it seemed to run contrary to the doctrine that no Parliament might bind its successors ( Howe , op. cit. , p. 13 ) . |
| 5 | But her thoughts seemed to get lost in the heat . |
| 6 | The shipping company seemed to have most of the floor below that occupied by Ingard , Marshall and the board . |
| 7 | The UK 's Clean Air Acts , which forced many homes to replace coal-burning fires with smokeless fuel , gas or electric versions , may have cleaned up the smog from out cities , but the utilitarian heaters and radiators that replaced those fires seemed to take some of the cheer from our lives . |
| 8 | Now these routines seemed to take most of the morning , and after lunch and a little rest she sallied forth for a walk . |