Example sentences of "seemed happy " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seemed happier than his opposite number Azeglio Vicini . |
| 2 | He rarely seemed happier than when intolerantly defending propositions in which he did not believe . |
| 3 | He has been fined for exposing a wrong that England and Pakistan seemed happier keeping under the carpet . |
| 4 | Men seemed happier to think their sexual inadequacies were emotional rather than physical ; they 'd rather believe women want affection and tenderness than think about women 's nitty gritty physical needs . |
| 5 | Jacob , looking at her , thought she seemed happier than he had seen her in years . |
| 6 | Aunt Emily was not exactly ill , at least she had no definable complaint , but she rested a good deal , more and more , and every day seemed happier to let Alexandra take over the household decisions . |
| 7 | And the funny thing was , instead of being resentful of the changes , everybody seemed happier , seemed to have more sense of purpose , more enthusiasm for giving the guests a good time , instead of having one themselves . |
| 8 | Still able to see the problem , they no longer knew where to find its solution , and seemed happy in consequence to embrace their own annihilation . |
| 9 | The first house Jane looked at was moated and she was shown over by an ex-policeman who seemed happy to be working for an estate agent . |
| 10 | Loopy Lil had n't a steady enough hand for spillikins and she could n't count up to more than three for the dominoes but she seemed happy to watch and smile . |
| 11 | Nathan seemed happy to comply . |
| 12 | It never actually ‘ seemed happy ’ to either of them , ever . |
| 13 | I doubted they could afford much more today , but the small dirty children seemed happy enough on their thirty by twenty yards of straw . |
| 14 | During the day her mother seemed happy at times , baking , trying out fresh recipes , or changing yet again the curtains , or crocheting new chair-backs . |
| 15 | Shanti smiled pleasantly at her and seemed happy with this comment , but after the speaker had gone she said to me , ‘ Big deal ! |
| 16 | By 1934 , although we seemed happy enough at this still very poorly paid work and our recreation , the economic situation worsened . |
| 17 | At twenty-one Renate did not have the most exciting job in the world , but with her German friends on a radio assembly line she seemed happy and settled . |
| 18 | Unable to get their own back on the media hacks , Charles and Diana seemed happy to let the comic pair , clutching drinks and slurring their words , do it for them . |
| 19 | He was a taciturn , curiously detached individual who seemed happy to turn a blind eye to any of his tenants ' ’ goings-on' , as Eleanor called them . |
| 20 | Just 13 days ago the couple seemed happy enough at the New York premiere of Malcolm X , the controversial film about the black civil rights leader . |
| 21 | The big thing actually seemed happy to have caused so much turmoil and confusion . |
| 22 | Lord Charles and his bride seemed happy enough . |
| 23 | After that particular evening he had often volunteered to try again with the bathing , if halfheartedly , but seemed happy to be refused , though he was more confident about cooking the evening meal . |
| 24 | Benny was whistling noisily and he seemed happy in what he was doing so William left him alone . |
| 25 | To the casual visitor Diana seemed happy enough . |
| 26 | They seemed happy about my victory in Germany and most of them expected me to win more races last year . ’ |
| 27 | She seemed happy , though , and announced her intention to stay in the forest with her new family . |
| 28 | And after that she seemed happy the rest of the way , saying how lovely it had been to see them even for such a short time and how she 'd come down again when she could , but it was such a long way and the trains were so crowded with soldiers and she had had to take two whole days off from the ambulance station . |
| 29 | Until recently I had n't bothered checking the pH of my Discus tank as the Discus , Corydoras and Cardinals seemed happy enough , in fact the Discus spawned on a leaf . |
| 30 | Clare baked nothing that could be found at the local baker and charged what she considered exorbitant prices , which people seemed happy to pay in cash . |