Example sentences of "he seemed [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he seemed to anticipate a possibility . |
| 2 | He seemed to lose a little of his clumsiness when he was beside her . |
| 3 | And every time he came anywhere near her he seemed to generate a sort of static electricity that left her feeling angry and confused . |
| 4 | He seemed to display a certain insensitivity in these cases — an impression enhanced by his somewhat pedantic way of speech . |
| 5 | At photo opportunities or on walkabouts , he seemed to see a Private Eye cover picture in every handshake or pram . |
| 6 | He seemed to take a pessimistic view of your complaint , whatever it was . |
| 7 | Naturally , he was speechless with rage and he seemed to go a funny colour , rather like the top range of a steel tempering chart — cherry red . |
| 8 | Then he seemed to reach a decision , his night-dark eyes more compelling than ever as he looked back at her . |
| 9 | However , for someone supposed to be very clever , he seemed to get a great deal of pleasure out of ordinary things . |
| 10 | As Rostov watched , he seemed to make a deliberate effort to compose himself . |
| 11 | He did n't kiss Lyn , he never touched women , or men either for that matter , but he seemed to make a principle of shrinking from the touch of women . |
| 12 | He seemed to make a habit of charging through her life and leaving destruction in his wake . |
| 13 | According to his biographer , Henry Bordeaux , even when he landed he remained in a trance ‘ as if electrified by the fluid still passing through his frame ’ Though through so many dogfights he seemed to bear a charmed life , this kind of nervous impulsiveness seemed bound to lead to disaster . |
| 14 | He seemed to know a lot about female mysteries and I wanted him to explain . |
| 15 | In fact the chronicle succeeds in having its cake and eating it , all the way back to the stir caused by Nicholas Stavrogin 's arrival in ‘ our town ’ , when it is recorded among other things that he seemed to know a lot — ‘ But of course it did n't take much knowledge to astonish us ’ . |
| 16 | He said this kind needed gentle handling ; he seemed to know a lot about barometers , and to be delighted with his purchase . |
| 17 | He seemed to know a lot about the business . |
| 18 | He seemed to have a score of hands and a hundred musical fingers . |
| 19 | Gooch recalled playing against Waqar at Chelmsford : ‘ The first impression was that he seemed to have a very long run-up but he is obviously a very fine fast bowler with the ability to swing , particularly the old ball . ’ |
| 20 | Now he was out of his Richie Quick fugue , he seemed to have a perspective on the City . |
| 21 | He was all for England 's democracy and against any form of union with Wales , Scotland , Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man , for which he seemed to have a particular dislike as " a nucleus of Celtic imagery " . |
| 22 | I remember one time before he met Hilda — he seemed to have a different lass every Saturday night for a year or more . |
| 23 | He seemed to have a tendency to goad and that would quite clearly lead to trouble . |
| 24 | He seemed to have a solid grasp of what it 's really like to live in one of these estates . |
| 25 | George 's part , throughout the novel , was always a major one and he seemed to have a ‘ say ’ in everything . |
| 26 | After about 10 laps , he seemed to play a game with me . |
| 27 | Personal delight and considerable sensitivity is evident in his work ; whether the delicate pencil studies of his middle years or , later , in his watercolours in which he seemed to find a new kind of inner freedom . |
| 28 | He seemed to find a fascination in watching Gabriel . |