Example sentences of "[pron] seemed a [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He appreciated the headmaster 's affection for all things English , even including the Wilson family , but to spring the Islamic equivalent of the Messiah on them seemed a little unfair . |
| 2 | The other day , when a new silver dinner service was commissioned for 10 Downing Street , I asked how much silver could be bought for a million pounds , which seemed a suitably round number . |
| 3 | As he left the dance , he noticed Tess , who seemed a little sad that he had not chosen her . |
| 4 | ‘ You seemed a little — distracted on stage tonight . |
| 5 | The vagueness had gone from her eyes , though she seemed a little startled . |
| 6 | She was n't trying to look coquettish , but she seemed a little silly all the same . |
| 7 | The whore sniffed and tried to walk with a ladylike gait ; she seemed a little drunk and occasionally stopped to pause for breath . |
| 8 | Sometimes she seemed a little too useless . |
| 9 | She seemed a little jealous . |
| 10 | She seemed a very candid person . |
| 11 | And with Karen Parsons in the state she was that evening , there seemed a very real possibility that it would be . |
| 12 | She grunted so hard there seemed a very strong chance she might drop a turd right there and then . |
| 13 | I could just hear the footsteps ; they seemed a little slower , and … |
| 14 | They seemed a surprisingly happy crowd and they were not underfed . |
| 15 | Another neighbour said : ‘ They seemed a really happy family . ’ |
| 16 | The Steward 's staff seem to have heard a rumour about his being out of favour with the War Office , but he seemed a most efficient and kindly gentleman to us , with the welfare of children very much at heart . |
| 17 | The fact that he seemed a little simple did not escape their notice but they felt such affection for him that no one ever teased him . |
| 18 | When the doctor came again , he seemed a little surprised to find me looking so miserable . |
| 19 | He seemed a little taken aback by her directness . |
| 20 | He seemed a really pleasant , friendly man , and I had admired his running before . |
| 21 | I did n't know where Bill Stubbly lived , but I did know his routine and he seemed a far better bet than approaching Nevil direct . |
| 22 | He seemed a more exotic figure that we are used to , even among our tycoons . |
| 23 | He seemed a very pleasant person but he spoke no Bengali . |
| 24 | It seemed a ridiculously important point of decision . |
| 25 | It seemed a singularly unlikely mode of achieving one 's objective . |
| 26 | To my young mind it seemed a most unScottish thing to do . |
| 27 | It seemed a rather broad question , and one for which Lord John could not think of a specific answer . |
| 28 | It seemed a rather difficult thing to do , somehow , which surprised me , as I had n't realized I still had some atavistic buried fear of him because he was black . |
| 29 | People bought her lunch and rang her up and sent her birthday cards ; it seemed a particularly cruel joke that one of the few people who really did dislike her should be married to her . |
| 30 | In fact I see from the note that accompanied the birthday card ( thank you ) that it seemed a particularly happy visit this time , and that you planned to come home in June ! |