Example sentences of "[pron] have seem a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 on the plane to New York , it had seemed a ludicrous outpouring .
2 It had seemed a long way away , but in some ways it might be quite close .
3 With the temperature touching seventy , twenty degrees higher than in London , it had seemed a ridiculous suggestion .
4 Lord Beddington was not appreciating the day to its fullest , despite the fact that for some unknown reason it had seemed a good idea to buy a Panama hat .
5 It had seemed a good idea at the time , a bit of expensive and unusual fun with some of her friends , and sure , she had been intrigued when she had been told that she should beware of her fiery nature 's setting alight a situation which would become frighteningly uncontrollable , but that was three days ago .
6 It had seemed a good idea , but how could she ask for Dana in a strange shop ?
7 It had seemed a good idea to set up his incident room in the local primary school .
8 It had seemed a natural precaution .
9 More experimentally-minded workers have since found many soft spots in what had seemed a solid concept .
10 As is often the case , some last-minute idea blossoms while what had seemed a brilliant solution and been pondered for ages falls quite flat .
11 In March , sworn depositions and subpoenaed bank statements revealed the extent to which what had seemed a normal transaction with a Japanese museum had apparently been part of a deliberate swindle into which Feigen 's gallery had been drawn .
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