Example sentences of "it seemed [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last week , it seemed to matter enough for Mr Hurd to hint that the Government would refuse to ratify if the amendment prevailed . |
| 2 | She wanted to do things for him — it seemed to give some purpose to her life to have somebody depending even a little on her . |
| 3 | After the war it seemed to lose some of its attraction . |
| 4 | The Trotskyist movement reflected the traditions of the pre-Revolutionary Russian Socialist groups , from which it seemed to draw much of its inspiration and terminology . |
| 5 | He says that it seemed to take more than half an hour . |
| 6 | ‘ It seemed to take less of a hit to give me a concussion and it 's taking me longer to recover , ’ he says . |
| 7 | It seemed to create that relationship , that tension between the audience and the performers which you got in a theatre , in a music-hall , but not usually in a cinema . |
| 8 | The court appeared to disagree with Goulding J at first instance in that it seemed to say that confidential information which can not be described as a " business secret " ( in the narrow sense of that phrase ) could not be protected by an express clause . |
| 9 | The more of these properties a dummy possessed the more strongly it was mobbed , but it seemed to make little difference whether the object was a stuffed owl with real plumage or an owl-shaped piece of painted wood . |
| 10 | Tonight there was a moon , starlight even , and he knew that after a few minutes away from the house it would be possible for her to see with surprising clarity ; but moon or no moon , it seemed to make little difference to her and she 'd been spending hours abroad at even the deepest , darkest point in the cycle . |
| 11 | ‘ It seemed to make more sense than having Rib Shacks in Reading and Rugby or elsewhere , ’ he said . |
| 12 | It was a film made some years ago in black and white , but , despite the difficulty of watching it in a foreign language , the power of the drama gripped them both , Sarella because she was a professional and was impressed by the intensity of the acting , and Marc because it seemed to strike some deep chord within him . |
| 13 | Whatever it was , it seemed to require all your attention and I understood that I was to go . |
| 14 | THIS ALBUM 'S predecessor , ‘ The Psychedelic Years ’ , was possibly the best compilation album ever , in the sense that it contained the best songs by the best bands in its field of reference ; in fact , it seemed to have all the good songs that came out of psychedelia ( It also had The Incredible String Band , but presumably only as a sorbet to clear the palate . |
| 15 | It was a big machine which I think had not been set up right — it seemed to have more blades than necessary . |
| 16 | It seemed to have more life than the photograph . ’ |