Example sentences of "[pron] seem [to-vb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I slip into the pitfall of subjectivity with trepidation , but observing my fellow patients , I seemed to discern a distinct pattern so far as stress was concerned . |
| 2 | No other flowers were in the garden , yet I seemed to smell the strong scent of nicotiana . |
| 3 | I seemed to have a separate brain for each limb , but they 'd all broken off diplomatic relations . |
| 4 | Yet I seemed to hear the distant cheers , as each Province selected its king and the champions of Ulster , Leinster , Connaught and Munster set out for Tara and the kingship trials . |
| 5 | We all got a rough average of the scale and the standard of these people , but somehow or other and — I never understood why this happened — I seemed to get the occasional chaps that were given a last chance . |
| 6 | I seem to remember an American thesis writer who crashed to the ground over this contorted problem , and I am sure that both Worsley and Sir John Summerson ( who contributes an elegant introduction to Mansbridge 's book ) would concur that mystery still surrounds the problem of Nash the draughtsman . |
| 7 | I seem to remember the Labour Party being dragged down what proved to be a very long dark road indeed by the trade unions . |
| 8 | I seem to remember the other evening — ’ |
| 9 | As for Miss Kenton , I seem to remember the mounting tension of those days having a noticeable effect upon her . |
| 10 | I know how much you two enjoy a good tiff , and I seem to provide a convenient topic for it . |
| 11 | I seem to hear the stuck pig shriek |
| 12 | Well I seem to have a sore throat I ca n't get rid of . |
| 13 | ‘ I seem to have a veritable Serpentine in my locks , ’ said the newcomer , still shedding water and laughing wildly . |
| 14 | Not that I 'm a great , good or great singer it 's just I seem to have a strong voice . |
| 15 | I seem to get an awful lot of shitty pants — they 're both [ carer 's father and his brother , who live together ] incontinent in their own way … |
| 16 | I seem to get an awful lot of , it 's like |
| 17 | ‘ I seem to expect the whole happiness and sweetness to come from you ’ , he wrote as he warned Helen that she should find a real need for patience with him . |
| 18 | My only memory of those auditions was that everyone seemed to have a better idea of why they were perfect for each particular part than I did ! |
| 19 | Nobody seemed to have a clear objective in mind and the speakers had obviously not been briefed on what to expect . |
| 20 | At 11 o'clock de Castelnau , by now in receipt of further intelligence which seemed to presage the total collapse of the defence on the Right Bank , was back in Joffre 's office . |
| 21 | The room was gloomy , filled with massive , mahogany furniture and pervaded by a musty smell which seemed to characterise the whole house . |
| 22 | This description of the extended professional takes some account of Stenhouse 's criticism of Hoyle 's earlier formulation which seemed to emphasise an uncritical acceptance of theory and consequently reduced teacher autonomy . |
| 23 | When our love was young , we would exchange presents — small tokens , often meaningless in themselves , but which seemed to enclose the very essence of their donor . |
| 24 | It was somehow better than making her own suppositions , which seemed to take an awful amount of energy and caused a lot of stress . |
| 25 | I 'm not carping about the way Marks handled the case ; an adult woman went missing in circumstances which seemed to offer a plausible explanation . |
| 26 | There was a broken light fitting overhead which seemed to present a good fixture . |
| 27 | During the 1970s there was a China boom in Japan which seemed to evoke the old image of China as a source of civilization and ideas . |
| 28 | The drawers were traditionally constructed using olivewood , which seemed to have a similar grain pattern to the ebony , but in negative . |
| 29 | Riddle was having to bend low to allow the chain to be passed over his head and he presented his profile to the camera at a grotesque angle which seemed to accentuate a protruding jaw , long nose and bony ridge over the eyes . |
| 30 | He jerked his head slightly towards the other end of the bar where someone was describing to the lady in question some event which seemed to involve a great deal of grappling with her unresisting frame . |