Example sentences of "yet it seem [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Yet it seemed to me they had much to learn when it came to manners and plain humanity .
2 Sally Ward was better able to comfort him than anyone else , yet it seemed to the family that she did little but simply hold his hand .
3 They had practised together for only an hour , yet it seemed like an eternity .
4 I suppose I do n't love you any more here than when we 're walking together in Ladbroke Grove — how romantic that might sound to a foreigner , by the way — and yet it seems as if I do . ’
5 It was found in a Late Helladic IIIA context , dating to 1400–1300 BC , yet it seems to be of Minoan workmanship or inspiration ; it may well have been brought to the mainland by proud Mycenean conquerors as booty .
6 Help from the state to assist the poor is a socialist idea yet it seems to be enthusiastically welcomed by some Conservative Members .
7 They talk about it as if that 's such a long period , and yet it seems like yesterday when my last one came out , but you do n't realise it 's that long ; you do n't sit round watching the calendar .
8 My youngest daughter Ella will be two on Sunday — yet it seems like only yesterday that I looked at her pink , scrunched-up face for the first time and fell in love with her funny , quirky personality .
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