Example sentences of "seemed [to-vb] up [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seemed to light up at the idea . |
| 2 | But now I was up in the air , and what with the clouds , I lost all my orientation Where the clouds parted , I could see the whole tube , land all around me , and it seemed to go up like a tower , so the town and the factory belt and the parks were hanging from the walls over my head , they were all going to crash down on me , and the city on top of them . |
| 3 | Aunt Louise seemed to swell up like a bullfrog , her eyes about to pop out of her head . |
| 4 | At the mention of this word , Miss Trunchbull 's face turned purple and her whole body seemed to swell up like a bullfrog 's . |
| 5 | Whichever way you looked at it , that name seemed to come up at every turn : Rose Hilaire mother of Steve , employer of Lily , and niece of a body under Coffin 's floorboards . |
| 6 | She gripped the edge of the window sill , seemed to strain up on the window across the small of her back . |
| 7 | The country was smaller than Wales , only one fortieth the size of California ; the ridge-line of mountain peaks provided Lebanon 's epic dimensions , plateaus of snow that seemed to reach up to the moon on winter nights . |
| 8 | Every bird in the wood seemed to fly up into the air . |
| 9 | The atmosphere was fantastic at the end as it seemed to build up over the rounds . |
| 10 | Suddenly the entire class seemed to rise up against the Headmistress . |