Example sentences of "[pers pn] seem [to-vb] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet I seemed to hear the distant cheers , as each Province selected its king and the champions of Ulster , Leinster , Connaught and Munster set out for Tara and the kingship trials . |
| 2 | We all got a rough average of the scale and the standard of these people , but somehow or other and — I never understood why this happened — I seemed to get the occasional chaps that were given a last chance . |
| 3 | She caught him up in a breathless embrace , then gave a little gasp of alarm as she seemed to notice the two policemen for the first time . |
| 4 | But she seems to understand the basic priciples of pool . |
| 5 | I talked to the lady for some time and we seemed to like the same things , so I was pleased when their bid was the successful one . |
| 6 | But , initially at least , it seemed to express the right kinds of sentiment . |
| 7 | ‘ You and he seem to share the same ideas ! |
| 8 | They do n't think it 's what they call ‘ right ’ for women to do jobs like castrations , and it seems to embarrass the poor dears to talk of putting heifers to the bull and dealing with calving cases , or to discuss the sexual behaviour of their animals . ’ |