Example sentences of "[noun pl] seem [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His eyes seemed to draw in the light like two unreflecting pools and she was unable to tell whether she had dented his ego or not , but the patronising note that came into his voice hinted that she had somehow won that round . |
| 2 | His eyes seemed to glow in the darkness . |
| 3 | Even in death their lips were curled in a snarl ; their wizened faces and staring , blank eyes seemed to gloat over the evil they had planned . |
| 4 | Nicolo 's words seemed to hang in the silence that suddenly enveloped the room . |
| 5 | The words seemed to linger on the air . |
| 6 | The words seemed to vibrate against the softness of her cotton-clad flesh , which was in such disturbing contact with his musk-scented blue shirt . |
| 7 | Once more Margaret Seymour-Strachey 's words seemed to come from the front of her head , and to be as contradictory as words usually are when they do n't represent what one is really thinking about . |
| 8 | Primary schools seem to manage with the term ‘ classroom teacher ’ and their cross-curricular approach may have much to offer the secondary curriculum . |
| 9 | You also notice that Sebadoh are n't afraid to improvise live and that they 're so prolific , perfectly-formed new songs seem to drop from the sky . |
| 10 | Their peaks seemed to float above the ground . |
| 11 | As the softly spoken syllables seemed to hover in the air around them with a soft moan he drew her fiercely against him , raining kisses on her face , making her shiver deliciously . |
| 12 | Many of the differences between the competing groups seemed to evaporate after the resignation of Peter Lawson , General Secretary of the Central Council of Physical Recreation , as a director of the London 2000 group . |
| 13 | For much of the interwar period and for some years after 1945 , the judges seemed to withdraw from the conflict or , when asked to intervene , tended to adopt a neutral position . |
| 14 | In Norway in winter the smell of freshly baked bread , and the warmth from the containers , are great attractions , and visitors seem to congregate around the bakery like bees around a honey pot . |
| 15 | In her more recent works , avalanches of everyday objects seem to fall from the sky . |
| 16 | Publication of research findings as single , small steps leads to individual ‘ knowledge claims ’ , by publication , some of which are incorporated into accepted knowledge ( Gilbert ) , but the largest theoretical advances seem to occur as the result of the application of several small steps , possibly involving different sub-disciplines in the research process . |
| 17 | Other ideas seem to operate on the mind with great force , but they are not conscious , nor readily recalled to consciousness ; they are unconscious . |
| 18 | The breezes seemed to skim off the water like stones . |
| 19 | Palm trees and crescent-shaped dunes seemed to waver in the heat . |
| 20 | Some of those who comment on subjects such as the safe disposal of nuclear wastes seem to work on the assumption that the relevant sciences and technologies are standing still . |
| 21 | The gloves seemed to go with the stick , as any outfitter will readily confirm . |
| 22 | The sound was so terrific the trains seemed to pass across the end of the bed , and we drew up our feet instinctively . |
| 23 | Beyond , the pampas seemed to swim in the midday heat . |
| 24 | At a time when plans for global communications seem to rest on the semantics of international standards , Greg Grant looks back to the Victorian adventurers who conquered nature to put a communication girdle around the world . |
| 25 | The Avignon 's bows had begun to swing rapidly through all the points of the compass as the river meandered on through the jungle , and the tips of the cathedral spires seemed to dart around the ship , popping up first in one quarter then another like the ears of an inquisitive rabbit trying to follow its progress . |
| 26 | Interestingly , the only doubts that Western scientists seemed to express about the viability of the project concerned this deadline . |
| 27 | The critics seemed to approve of the poetry , although they emphasized the theatrical and " dated " aspects of the play . |
| 28 | At first glance some strands of these otherwise opposed political forces seem to agree on the use of censorship to oppose pornography . |
| 29 | Whether or not particular authors take industrialization to be the main engine of change , or whether they include other factors , such as urbanization and bureaucratization , three generally agreed themes seem to emerge from the writings of many sociologists of the family . |
| 30 | In vase-painting the late work of the Pioneers and the formation of a new generation of masters seem to come in the years around 500 . |