Example sentences of "[noun sg] seem [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The entry seemed to jump off the page , twisting her stomach painfully . |
| 2 | Its legs — if it had legs — were covered in what looked like a large brown sheet , and the light seemed to come from a kind of lamp attached to the back of what could , or could not , be its head . |
| 3 | The photograph seemed to leap off the page to hit her . |
| 4 | Obviously one does n't believe everything one sees in the media , but this programme seemed to capture in a nutshell what is wrong with our economy . |
| 5 | The chief superintendent seemed to revel in the reprimand he issued to her . |
| 6 | only problem was that these lapses in concentration seemed to conicide with the ball heading towards him , hence the comment ‘ and Sprake has let in a sitter ’ . |
| 7 | Reciprocation seems to depend on the expectation of assistance from the beneficiary at a later time . |
| 8 | He lets the silence linger for ten endless seconds , during which his bulk seems to swell in the room . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | El-Gharbi seemed to feel under no pressure at all to reduce his asking figure , and Owen felt that this was not just a matter of negotiating tactics . |
| 11 | There was a moment of silence as their gazes locked , and his last sentence seemed to hang in the air , as if it had a meaning beyond the surface value of the words . |
| 12 | The planned destruction of so much of Romania 's rural heritage seemed to go against the tenor of Ceauşescu 's out-spoken nationalism . |
| 13 | OUR quiz in the January Link seemed to appeal to the football fans amongst you . |
| 14 | The noise seemed to reverberate around the ship . |
| 15 | Holly heard him shift on his bunk and the mattress seemed to belch at the movement . |
| 16 | Edouard came into her body with a feeling of shuddering release and the afternoon seemed to pass in a dream he had had , or she had had long before . |
| 17 | Although not loud , her laugh seemed to reverberate in the room , destroying its solemnity . |
| 18 | Blanche 's question seemed to resound round the room with its impertinence . |
| 19 | Each question seemed to come as a relief , as though he had expected something more dangerous . |
| 20 | His harsh bark of laughter seemed to echo around the room . |
| 21 | The shadows of the stones stretched to their maximum length , while the sun seemed to rest on the horizon . |
| 22 | Furthermore , we found that the results of the assay seem to depend on the volume of hydrogen peroxide used . |
| 23 | The 1.1-litre K series engine seems to improve with every mile , providing smooth and enthusiastic performance at low revs or high speeds , and proving an ideal partner for the five-speed gearbox , which is a sheer delight to use . |
| 24 | This chapter has tried to suggest that the poor image project work seems to have as a teaching method is not a necessary one , and that there are strategies which teachers and schools can employ to ensure that it becomes purposeful and systematic . |
| 25 | Furthermore , in both Crohn 's disease and sarcoidosis the lymphocytosis seems to arise from an expansion of the T4 subset . |
| 26 | The sun seems to act as a master clock , synchronising all the billions of body clocks to its cycle . |
| 27 | The pheasant-tailed jacana seems to walk on the water . |
| 28 | On the other hand , infant mortality considerably decreases if spacing is four years or longer in the regions where overall levels of infant mortality are high , but the beneficial impact of four-year or longer spacing seems to weaken with the reduction of general infant mortality ; it is almost negligible in the Western Hemisphere ( see Fig. 7 ) . |
| 29 | On the other hand , the apparent upper limit of TL dating of sediment seems to depend on the methodology used , and there is currently no consensus on the matter other than that this limit is at least 100 ka : many dates are being produced well in excess of this value , but there are rarely independent and reliable age estimates against which to compare them . |
| 30 | I remember it as horrible , with a smell of cold cabbage seeming to come from the upholstery . |