Example sentences of "it seemed [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | gentleman came to this house it seemed to be that he challenged the establishment and many of us welcomes that view it seemed to give a breath of fresh air , but now it seems to me that he 's become entirely institutionalised , can he explain that to the house ? |
| 2 | It seemed to embody a deep dislike , and she found that wounding . |
| 3 | It had been a shock to discover that for the first five years they went to homes in the country where women were paid to nurse them , and it seemed to put a stop to any hope of seeing Angel again . |
| 4 | In the twilight it seemed to shine a pale , opalescent blue , nearly white . |
| 5 | The bicycle was a powerful symbol of social change in this era , summing up so easily the fears brewing around popular freedoms and popular amusements , and it seemed to touch a brittle nerve of the process of democratisation . |
| 6 | It seemed to promise a new beginning , almost a new birth . |
| 7 | ‘ It seemed to need a lot of explaining , then and later . |
| 8 | It seemed to take a long time . |
| 9 | It seemed to take a long time to reach the end of the wall and I was about to turn right towards the door of the farm kitchen when from my left I heard the sudden rattle of a chain then a roaring creature launched itself at me , bayed once , mightily , into my face and was gone . |
| 10 | ‘ It seemed to take a lot of counting up . ’ |
| 11 | It seemed to take an unreasonably long time and much bad temper , evasion and deliberate obfuscation , together with consultation of a diary that appeared to be alternately blank and covered with scribbled hieroglyphics . |
| 12 | One last rocky outcrop of headland ; it seemed to take an age to round . |
| 13 | It seemed to take an unduly long time before it took hold . |
| 14 | It seemed to take an enormous amount of courage to actually walk up to the door and knock . |
| 15 | Later on , it seemed to signify a much looser framework in which France would receive certain minimal concessions in return for economic aid . |
| 16 | Filmer looked back towards Xanthe and the investigator and made a small gesture of impatience , and it seemed to trigger a response from the investigator because he said that if anyone remembered any helpful detail , however small , would they please tell him or one of his colleagues , but meanwhile everyone was free to go . |
| 17 | When I mentioned Spain , it seemed to make a big difference . |
| 18 | Not that it seemed to make a lot of difference . |
| 19 | ‘ It seemed to mean a lot to her , ’ he said . |
| 20 | Melanie wondered what the significance of this desolation was to him , for it seemed to mean a great deal . |
| 21 | At the outset , it seemed to mean a structure ( like the initial form of the French Community ) which would allow France to retain control over significant areas of policy-making . |
| 22 | The transitive verb meant ‘ to make suitable ’ and when translated into human terms this indicated a solution to a number of perceived difficulties in the juvenile labour-market : at the very least it offered a safeguard against redundancy through technological change ; it provided a necessary companion for ‘ intelligence ’ , one of the qualities demanded by ‘ modern ’ industrial conditions ; and it seemed to imply a degree of social contentment , integration , and stability , which were important , if only in so far as they could serve as protection against the ravages of unemployment and , in extreme cases , unemployability . |
| 23 | It seemed to bring a coppery taste to her mouth . |
| 24 | The recapitulation theory was seductive because it seemed to offer a powerful guide to the reconstruction of those steps in the history of life hidden by gaps in the fossil record . |
| 25 | Some could even accept Spencer 's philosophy of progress through struggle , because it seemed to offer an updated version of the Protestant work ethic in which thrift and industry were rewarded in this world as well as the next . |
| 26 | This queer way of writing filled me with foreboding , because it seemed to indicate a cold , self-centred nature , the reverse of the outgoing geniality he displayed to one and all . |
| 27 | It seemed to provide an envoi to the policies and economics of consensus , which had coincided with decades of calamitous financial and international decline . |
| 28 | When the Department of Industry announced its " Microcomputers in schools " , scheme in 1980 , it seemed to Provide an opportunity for Promoting the use of the microcomputer in school libraries and through that further to promote the school library . |
| 29 | The mere thought of it seemed to drag a blanket of depression about her shoulders , causing her to turn away from him and go to the desk . |
| 30 | It seemed to show a complete disregard for the laws of Galileo , Newton and Einstein , moving through the atmosphere like an otter in pursuit of a fish . |