Example sentences of "it seemed [det] a " in BNC.
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1 | It seemed such a pointless act of heroism . |
2 | ‘ It seemed such a pity your room should be so dark and cold , Mr Stevens , when it 's such bright sunshine outside . |
3 | As far as nudity was concerned they quickly accepted it in Josephine 's act as it seemed such a natural part of her but their attitudes were quite prudish when confronted with the nudes backstage . |
4 | It seemed such a childish thing he 'd allowed to upset him ; a silly woman telling fortunes … but silly or not , she had brushed the truth , and hit him where it hurt . |
5 | As soon as he started to tear the paper off I had a wild desire to snatch it back , rush out and buy him a record-player ; it seemed such a ludicrously inadequate present after all he 'd done for me . |
6 | It seemed such a bizarre exchange after two decades of silence that he repeated her name — ‘ Sue ? ’ — as if it might turn out not to be her after all . |
7 | It seemed such a good morning in many ways that he was prompted to an unbearable hope and said , ‘ Would you ever marry me ? ’ |
8 | It seemed such a waste to be driving back to England and leaving it all behind . |
9 | Myra 's familiar voice made her want to cry ; it seemed such a long time since things had been normal , with nothing more exciting than new orders to think about . |
10 | When we arrived it seemed such a friendly place , there would be 2 or 3 people to meet you at the gates and welcome you in . |
11 | But it seemed such a peach of a way out of trouble . |
12 | ‘ It seemed such a shame to wake you , but I knew you 'd be really cross if you did n't get some studying done . ’ |
13 | It is is n't it ? it seems ironic that for me it seemed such a big thing , in case you still need it clear I was William 's nephew . |
14 | It seemed such an impossible feat to make the best of a bad deal that he made no attempt at it . |
15 | So I had opened the shutters on what is called complementary medicine with a slightly heavy heart for it seemed such an indictment of our present specialized , technological society when all medicine must simply be ‘ healing . ’ |
16 | It seemed such an ugly , hideous place by comparison . |
17 | It seemed such an ineffectual reason for insisting on going with him but Steve was so wrapped up in himself and thoughts of seeing Maria Luisa again that he did n't even ask her if it might be painful for her facing Fernando again . |