Example sentences of "it seem [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How long ago it seemed since Sergeant Huzzi Rork had told Lexandro that he might return home again in twenty years , in thirty years , if the Fists so wished . |
| 2 | How long it seemed since she 'd had a touch of glamour in her life ! |
| 3 | Already the tanks ahead were in action and it seemed as though they had made contact with , and destroyed the majority of the enemy flank guard . |
| 4 | When Tait miskicked in front of a gaping goal , it seemed as though somebody up there was working for Welling . |
| 5 | Stewart stayed with him for about an hour and a half and Lamb hung around for a while , but Smith was his main ally and , as the day ebbed away , it seemed as though only the new ball stood between England and a draw . |
| 6 | For a time it seemed as though the white working class had vanished . |
| 7 | I had a peculiar feeling : it seemed as though a great golden salmon leapt up inside me , full of life and courage . |
| 8 | From that time on , it seemed as though I loathed myself and looked for ways to punish my body . |
| 9 | They had looked to be a one-pace crew in practice and it seemed as though they had no answer to Oxford 's attack . |
| 10 | They wept on their last day of work : ‘ I felt terrible ’ ; ‘ it seemed as though you were suddenly cut off from life . ’ |
| 11 | In February 1973 an eruption suddenly burst out on the tiny island of Heimaey , and for a time it seemed as though the town of Heimaey , Iceland 's biggest fishing port , would be destroyed . |
| 12 | As with all good day dreams you were confident that one day this world would materialize and yet at the same time it seemed as unattainable as another planet . |
| 13 | It seemed as though Bukharin 's expanded negative reproduction was going into free-fall . |
| 14 | The further they went into the forest the more it seemed as though the village behind , with Fat Watt and Diggory the King 's man and the priest , represented the enemy , and the miles and miles of trees she had formerly and still a little feared had become a sort of sanctuary , a hiding place . |
| 15 | There was some dark object on the ground from which every now and again it seemed as though a piece of wood rose hesitantly and fell . |
| 16 | For a moment it seemed as though it had tapped some hidden reserve of strength and would ease itself up on to the opposite bank , and escape into the forest . |
| 17 | The rehearsal had gone well , and it seemed as though he had successfully jumped the chasm between off- and on-Broadway . |
| 18 | It seemed as though anger had given her the strength that rest in bed had failed to produce . |
| 19 | It seemed as though she liked to keep those she loved to herself , as if by sharing , some part of them would be lost to her forever . |
| 20 | At the time it seemed as though the Midland had miraculously got its money back from the ill-fated venture . |
| 21 | He had turned to fly around the eastern edge of the island 's encircling reefs and was now staring intently at the houses , searching for any signs of danger , but it seemed as though Murder Cay was deserted . |
| 22 | Sweetman crowed with laughter , but too soon , for , just as it seemed as though Ellen 's gesture had indeed collapsed into an ignominious anti-climax , the extinguisher first coughed , then spat a vicious deluge of white muck that fanned from the flared nozzle to splatter spectacularly against Sweetman 's chest . |
| 23 | Robin-Anne had her mother 's fair hair , so fair that it looked bleached , and she had her mother 's delicate good looks etched on to a face so pale that it seemed as though her skin must burn if it was exposed to anything more powerful than a light bulb . |
| 24 | ‘ It seemed as though they did n't want anyone else to intrude . ’ |
| 25 | She closed her eyes and kept them closed for quite a while , and when she opened them again it seemed as though she had gathered herself together . |
| 26 | It seemed as though a valve had burst inside her and a great gush of energy was being released . |
| 27 | It seemed as though she had hardly done anything , it had all been so simple . |
| 28 | Even with the drama of Munich and the prospect of war it seemed as though Alec Reid had not found time for the outside world . |
| 29 | For a moment it seemed as though everyone but d'Arquebus would career back down fifty metres to the base of the tube . |
| 30 | It seemed as though rival nests of ants had been poured together willy-nilly . |