Example sentences of "[pers pn] seemed [to-vb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The smaller of them seemed to stare at her a moment , then turn to the other and nod . |
| 2 | As you know I visited his widow last week and she seemed to hint at pressure coming from two areas : the youth leader Jefferson and Canon Wheeler . |
| 3 | For the first time she seemed to look at him . |
| 4 | She seemed to shudder at the very thought . |
| 5 | ‘ But we seemed to freeze at the start , ’ conceded Nicholl . |
| 6 | They seemed to bend at the knee , setting their feet apart so that they could never be off balance when they moved . |
| 7 | An interim experiment took place in 1981 with tubes of brine shrimp , which are sensitive to changes in the magnetic field : they seemed to cluster at the end of the tube which was nearest the stones . |
| 8 | They seemed to stare at her , examining her face minutely for her reaction . |
| 9 | And they seemed to laugh at her . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's right , ’ I said , pleased that he seemed to understand at last . |
| 11 | His face was smiling and , when you tapped the head , it rocked on a concealed axle so that he seemed to chortle at the absurdity of human antics . |
| 12 | He seemed to stare at Sharpe as he died ; offering the Englishman a look of mingled surprise and remorse , then a gout of blood , bright as the sun itself , slashed out to soak Sharpe 's right arm and shoulder . |
| 13 | We stared at it and it seemed to stare at us . |
| 14 | I think at first it seemed to work at a disadvantage . |
| 15 | It seemed to work at the time . |