Example sentences of "[noun] seemed [to-vb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | They looked red and sore and his mouth seemed to droop at the corners . |
| 2 | The black glittering eyes seemed to tear at her like scissors . |
| 3 | The words seemed to jump at her : |
| 4 | When Luke called her heart seemed to expand at the look of admiration that slipped over his face as his gaze took in her simple cream suit in thick , crunchy lace , the severe black camisole she wore beneath it , but he merely murmured , ‘ Punctual as always . |
| 5 | Her skin seemed to burn at their touch . |
| 6 | Holly heard him shift on his bunk and the mattress seemed to belch at the movement . |
| 7 | No , ’ the brief self-mocking laugh seemed to tear at this throat , ‘ I want far more than that . |
| 8 | The sky was blue , and the lake and mountains seemed to smile at us . |
| 9 | As they walked amidst the great trees , Ruth seemed to wake at last from the deadness that had possessed her since arriving in Andernesse . |
| 10 | Mr. Mendez seemed to stare at him for a While , thinking or just looking . |
| 11 | Holly seemed to look at him as if the matter of a fire that destroyed the office of the Commandant was neither of occasion nor note . |
| 12 | In this particular case , however , there was no such conformity ; the attacks seemed to occur at random intervals and in many differing situations . |
| 13 | Serfdom seemed to lie at the root of many of their own frustrations , to preclude progress , be it economic , social , or political . |
| 14 | The addition of salbutamol caused a roughly parallel fall in plasma potassium concentration and increase in heart rate , tremor amplitude , and QTc interval confirming a largely additive effect ; the dose response curves for salbutamol seemed to converge at higher doses . |
| 15 | The eyes of the Modigliani seemed to glare at me severely , so I sneaked out under the colonnade , where a minute later Conchis joined me . |
| 16 | Railfreight said all the physical difficulties could be overcome with investment , but all the options seemed to start at about £100,000 . |
| 17 | Every house seemed to have at least one , sometimes several , of the distinctive mud-baked nests under its eaves . |
| 18 | There was a moment , God 's truth , she would not forget it , when the man with the gun seemed to smile at her , God 's truth and she did not trifle with that . |
| 19 | And somehow all her own reservations and objections seemed to evaporate at the same time . |
| 20 | Lambs rubbed against the fence adjacent to Pete and cows seemed to smile at him across the farmyard . |