Example sentences of "seem a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This seemed a race well beyond his stamina range , for the Grand National is over nearly four and a half miles and Crisp 's ideal distance was apparently no further than two and a half miles . |
| 2 | During the two occasions on which we talked , he seemed a caring and compassionate doctor blessed with a natural ease and affability , who needed publicity for the £2 million appeal he had launched to raise money to turn his Harley Street office into a well woman centre . |
| 3 | If your pond is planted , now is the time to cut back dead growth : although this year it seemed a pity to butcher my waterlilies , which continued to flower right through until late September . |
| 4 | It seemed a pity to see them going out of business . ’ |
| 5 | It seemed a pity to wake Jacqui . |
| 6 | It seemed a pity to wake her . |
| 7 | It just seemed a pity that Norfolk should have no more appetising soft fruit . |
| 8 | On consideration , it seemed a pity to waste this beautiful weather immured in her cabin . |
| 9 | Allott supported him for a while , and at 278 for 7 , with Lamb on 98 , there seemed a chance that the follow-on might be saved . |
| 10 | What seemed a formality on Wednesday looked less certain 24 hours later , and he himself hinted at a possible obstacle when he said he would have to get the permission of his employers , the brewers John Smith . |
| 11 | What seemed a formality on Wednesday looked less certain 24 hours later , and he himself hinted at a possible obstacle when he said he would have to get the permission of his employers , the brewers John Smith . |
| 12 | Faldo conceded the French and Belgian Opens when victory seemed a formality and he bristled when I questioned these fallibilities during his march to triumph in the European Open at Sunningdale . |
| 13 | Halfway along improbably named Foxglove Road , where darkness seemed a mercy and nobody , felt Harry , deserved to live , Zohra Labrooy turned a key in a wobbly lock and welcomed Harry to her home . |
| 14 | Yet they drew huge crowds and all their meetings seemed a success . |
| 15 | Last August there seemed a breakthrough , when the European Parliament commissioned a report into the dispute . |
| 16 | It seemed a treat to put a long dress on , I actually enjoyed it ; but to play around in I had jeans and trousers , so I had the best of both worlds really . |
| 17 | I see now it was all sexual jealousy , but then it seemed a betrayal of principles . |
| 18 | ‘ Put me down , ’ she ordered , in a voice so unlike her own that it seemed a betrayal . |
| 19 | All seemed a kind of mockery . |
| 20 | I think he meant it , he seemed a kind man . |
| 21 | It seemed a kind of sacrilege thus to arrange it and pull it about . |
| 22 | It seemed a kind of treason . |
| 23 | She said reluctantly , ‘ Well , very like it , perhaps , ’ and looked up at Carrie with what seemed a kind of apology . |
| 24 | If this was inconvenient , Richard did not say so , although to be called to the telephone , or wanted on the telephone , as Richard put it , always seemed a kind of reproach in itself . |
| 25 | It did n't make us rich , and it was hard work , but it seemed a kind of — good , worthwhile occupation — growing things … ’ |
| 26 | The fried rice leavings seemed a year and a half ago . |
| 27 | It seemed a year before I got him out of there . |
| 28 | Mrs Goreng had been in Danu ten months , every one of which seemed a year to her . |
| 29 | This seemed a way in which she could begin to discuss things more openly with them . |
| 30 | He suddenly felt farcically drawn to Simon 's Prunella , which seemed a sign of health if nothing else . |