Example sentences of "seem to be making " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the original concept , only weatherman Francis Wilson survives and even he seemed to be making conscious efforts not to call clouds ‘ white , fluffy bits ’ , as has been his trick . |
| 2 | As the days went by and the busy little transport box seemed to be making only slow way into the huge heap of lime , he no longer eased it out on the blade of the shovel for the wind to take it but scattered it anywhere out of sight , anywhere to be rid of it . |
| 3 | In the weeks that followed , he found that the food supplements seemed to be making him put on weight , which was slightly worrying . |
| 4 | Clarissa pointed out that nobody else seemed to be making a fuss . |
| 5 | Craig 's Vanguard Movement seemed to be making most of the running on the right wing of unionist politics and the DUP seemed to lack a clear policy direction . |
| 6 | Gifford never gave up and seemed to be making an appreciable dent on the gap , but at the winning post Foinavon was still fifteen lengths in front . |
| 7 | I may have been being a bit selfish , but I could n't bear to lose him in that way , and he seemed to be making such an effort himself , not ever putting weight on that leg and eating as much as he could . |
| 8 | Moreover , economic factors , such as the ‘ blind alley ’ , seemed to be making matters worse . |
| 9 | But some change in himself , the inexorable years , success , the return of his poetry , perhaps the tentative beginning of love , seemed to be making him sociable . |
| 10 | CELLULOID RECORDS was one of those insanely annoying New York labels where everyone seemed to be making records based on weird theories and somehow all the records were great . |
| 11 | She seemed to be making an effort to speak in a dispassionate practical tone . |
| 12 | He could feel it even with his hands over his ears ; it seemed to be making unpleasant bubbles in his head . |
| 13 | She moved her head slowly now and seemed to be making an effort to speak , and then she muttered , ‘ You 'll be getting your calling up papers eventually , in any case , so why … ? |
| 14 | They seemed to be making women into honorary men . |
| 15 | Until Christmas he seemed to be making progress , but then his heart began to fail . |
| 16 | He then brought up the £8000 to £8,000 by steering clear of the OTC , and the vicar was ecstatic that at last he seemed to be making some money . |
| 17 | You would n't be living like that because of comfort , because of security " — he seemed to be making an effort to despise these words as much as she did — " but because of your aim . |
| 18 | They all seemed to be making an effort and doing their best , although the smaller rabbits — especially Pipkin — clearly found the task an awkward one . |
| 19 | They seemed to be making a point on reception of continually stressing , ‘ This is prison so you 'd better get used to it . |
| 20 | Howard seemed to be making a doomed attempt to explain the Doctor 's business on the island without mentioning zombies , the Necronomicon or anything similar that the military men might find difficult to accept . |
| 21 | The snow was driving down now but even through that whirling vortex of frozen city detritus , none of it seemed to be making any impression on those glistening black pavements or the tarmac . |
| 22 | Lucenzo seemed to be making up his mind about her , and she knew intuitively that everything she longed for hung on his decision . |
| 23 | Sally-Anne did not know of this conversation , of course , and by the next day she was her usual bouncing , energetic self , and it being Monday not only was it wash-day — oh , dear — but summer cleaning also began again , with everything being put back , and the whole place was shining and sweet-smelling , so that , Wednesday having come round , McAllister had sunk down into Dr Neil 's big armchair with a great , ‘ Phew , I 'm glad that 's all over ! ’ amusing Matey , whose soft spot for the girl who seemed to be making Dr Neil more reconciled to his lot grew greater every day . |
| 24 | Even with his knapsack containing not only their sandwiches but his camera and painting materials , Fen seemed to be making nothing of it . |
| 25 | He seemed to be making some impression on the person at the other end of the phone . |
| 26 | And they had hundreds and hundreds of hens in deep litter and they seemed to be making a lot of money out of it . |
| 27 | " No wooden shoes " ; " No potatoes , No Popery " ; no imprisonment without trial ; liberty , freedom , and , especially , a sympathy with anyone who seemed to be making a stand against government 's inherent tendency towards arbitrary action . |
| 28 | Dean Rusk complained that the British seemed to be making the solution of " any specific problem " dependent upon " the solution of many others " . |
| 29 | In the words of John Paton , " the clean break seemed to be making a clean sweep of the Party members " . |
| 30 | In fact , although the Hamptons were approximately eighty miles from the centre of New York , the fast sports car seemed to be making light work of the journey . |