Example sentences of "seemed to be on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Vietnam War really appeared to be near its end , and the economy , shaken by the rise in world oil prices and the inflation produced by the war , seemed to be on the mend . |
| 2 | Delaney and Forster exchanged quick , worried glances , for the man seemed to be on the verge of total derangement . |
| 3 | I had flashes of recall so many times seemed to be on the verge of knowing who I really was . |
| 4 | Just at the moment when the establishment figures on both sides of the Atlantic were talking about substantial cuts in military spending , when the role of the hawkish political leaders was being eclipsed , when the United States seemed to be floating away from its international role , and new self-confident Europe seemed to be on the verge of creation , Iraq invaded Kuwait . |
| 5 | Every time she seemed to be on the verge of making some sort of breakthrough , new questions came up . |
| 6 | No one stepped forward , no one seemed to be on the lookout for a stranger and the other passengers quickly dispersed . |
| 7 | Over one last rise , and they were driving across a grassy boulder-strewn plateau which seemed to be on the top of the world . |
| 8 | Much of the recorded research seemed to be on the ability ( or non-ability ) to distinguish different sounds or single words through the tactile sense , mainly with deaf children in mind . |
| 9 | Her eyes seemed to be on the ceiling , watching them . |
| 10 | Trade unionism in the countryside seemed to be on the crest of a wave and the sense of exhilaration was increased when in 1920 the system of price guarantees and wages boards was extended into peacetime . |
| 11 | Pockets of resistance still remained in 1922 , in Tambov , Siberia , Georgia , and Central Asia : seemingly safe areas , like the Smolensk and Kursk gubernii , were not as stable as they seemed to be on the surface . |
| 12 | It had been an indifferent season for the New York Yankees , the team he had followed faithfully for thirty years , and , at 4-I down to the Detroit Tigers with two innings left , defeat seemed to be on the cards for a third successive game . |
| 13 | But biography had perhaps peaked as the hardback genre , and travel writing , except by the acknowledged masters , seemed to be on the decline in bookshops . |
| 14 | SID , the German news agency , said : ‘ At a end of a hearing of which the DLV 's legal commission was out of its depth with the case and from the start seemed to be on the side of Krabbe , Breuer and Moller , there was a scandalous ruling . ’ |
| 15 | He was certainly an attractive man , with bright , smiling eyes and a face which always seemed to be on the point of laughter . |
| 16 | Ana who was so sweet , so natural , seemed to be on the point of hysteria . |
| 17 | He always seemed to be on the move … |