Example sentences of "[noun sg] seem [to-vb] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Holly heard him shift on his bunk and the mattress seemed to belch at the movement . |
| 3 | Serfdom seemed to lie at the root of many of their own frustrations , to preclude progress , be it economic , social , or political . |
| 4 | The beginning of each sentence in the middle of the poem seems to start at the end of the previous line which has the effect of making the reader almost experience the same sort of speed the train is going through . |
| 5 | He was lying in the space between the two large central examination tables , face downwards , his left hand seeming to claw at the floor , his right arm hunched beneath him His legs were straight . |