Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mick Toal rose high to head in a Ford cross , and Ford himself completed the scoring with a low shot . |
| 2 | We voted against it on the ground that it seemed absurd to respond to a crisis in the beef sector simply by throwing yet more money into a system which has not been reformed . |
| 3 | It seemed sensible to go to the flat and telephone from there . |
| 4 | When I bought him he had been ridden in an ordinary jointed snaffle , so it seemed sensible to stick to the mouthpiece with which he was familiar . |
| 5 | Quite simply , not only do we and they not share common objectives , but we do not even make similar appraisals of world events , as the President of France demonstrated at the time of the coup in Moscow , when he seemed willing to negotiate with the coup 's leaders . |
| 6 | Larne twice came close to stealing a second goal but seemed content to play for a draw . |
| 7 | EUROPEAN Community trade ministers meeting in Luxembourg last night seemed set to fail in an attempt to make any new progress towards a common mergers policy , giving final right of veto on large-scale mergers to Brussels . |
| 8 | Therefore the EC central banks made arrangements to sell the stronger currencies when they threatened to break through the snake ceiling and to buy the weaker currencies when they seemed likely to fall through the snake floor . |
| 9 | One cello player , at least , swept his bow with so much passion that he seemed likely to roll off the platform . |
| 10 | The Bruces , whose currying of favour with Edward had resulted in the restoration of their estates , stirred up minor troubles but seemed glad to yield for the time being to their benefactors and express disapproval of Wallace 's wild conduct . |
| 11 | How care management and care programming are integrated remains to be seen , and it seemed reasonable to look to the community care plans for local authority policies on the question . |
| 12 | As Louise seemed unwilling to come to the boats , Nenna was obliged to take the girls to tea at the luxurious Carteret . |
| 13 | It seemed futile to go to the police as they appeared to be in the plot . |
| 14 | The general election which should have come by 1940 seemed unlikely to lead to the return of a majority Labour government but it was postponed because of the declaration of war on 3 September 1939 . |
| 15 | That seemed unlikely to win over the malcontents , but it may have been just enough to get the president home . |
| 16 | For Christianity menstruation becomes the ‘ curse ’ , the ratification of women 's subjugated status as punishment for her primal sin as daughters of the primal woman Eve , who lost paradise for humankind and caused evil to come into the world . |
| 17 | In some counties , great landed magnates seemed able to rely on the support of the freeholders residing in the vicinity of their estates . |
| 18 | Just as he had the ability to compartmentalize his life , so he also seemed able to slough off the weight of the past and begin again . |
| 19 | There were no warnings of Fun Runs , protest marches , street carnivals or charity pram races , so it seemed safe to cut through the City and head for Kent direct , rather than heading east and using the Dartford Tunnel . |
| 20 | It appears that the case had been in progress before the Heliopolitan Divine Council for eighty years and the gods were understandably becoming impatient and short-tempered , yet they seemed unable to decide upon a judgement . |
| 21 | Unfortunately local officials seemed unable to look beyond the confines of their own little scene and the opportunity to develop the game here was lost . |
| 22 | And though it seemed ridiculous to worry about a case like this , there was no doubt the thing had begun to prey on my mind . |
| 23 | There was no guarantee that it would lead to a new deal for the industry nor that , even as a compromise , it would hold against the tensions of a situation in which one side at least seemed determined to continue on a collision course . |
| 24 | Despite every discouragement , the National Administrative Council seemed determined to work with the Communists where possible , although this was a potentially suicidal policy . |
| 25 | The man at the stage door seemed disinclined to argue with a pair of French uniforms , and indicated one of the larger dressing-rooms along an ill-lit corridor . |
| 26 | The Royal Family was a constant in a fast-changing world though it seemed ready to change with the times . |
| 27 | All Souls suffered like many Victorian churches from high , inaccessible valley gutters , which became clogged and allowed damp to seep into the building . |
| 28 | Malik showed willing to attack from the start , driving Mallender through the covers like a rifle-shot , and treating Munton the same way . |
| 29 | Since the end of last month it became illegal to burn off the stubble after harvest — that leaves farmers with the options of either ploughing it in or looking for alternative uses for it . |
| 30 | That morning he had walked over to the Hoflin farm and asked Suzi to go to the cinema with him that evening , after her class . |