Example sentences of "he seemed a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seemed a sinister character with his long snout and bony body , alert , watchful , suspicious . |
| 2 | ‘ He seemed a kindly person , not in the least severe . |
| 3 | He seemed a long way off . |
| 4 | He seemed a long way off . |
| 5 | He seemed a pleasant well spoken quiet young man . |
| 6 | The last time he called on us after his exhibition at Keighley he seemed a new man , with a delight in having found himself in his painting and amazement that it also gave pleasure to so many others . |
| 7 | Wattana had beaten Parrott in four major events this season and he seemed a good bet to improve this record when he established a 2–0 lead . |
| 8 | He seemed a useful source where Dysart 's Oxford days were concerned . |
| 9 | For a while he seemed a shy figure hovering on the borders of a conversation , longing to take part in it , to belong . |
| 10 | He had seen the boy once or twice since , and he seemed a nice enough lad — a little backward perhaps , but his mother was ashamed of him , and refused to send him to school , perhaps fearing the other children would tease him . |
| 11 | He liked a bit of old bluey , and admittedly they were a bit near the mark , but that aside he seemed a nice , quiet , polite man . |
| 12 | He seemed a different being altogether from the man she had served . |
| 13 | He seemed a little tense , and looked past me at the bedroom door ; and I was reminded of that first day . |
| 14 | Twenty months ago , at the end of the Gulf War , he seemed a dynamic and energetic leader . |
| 15 | He seemed a genial and indestructible landmark in the history of American music , in spite of defective hearing which had bothered him since the late Seventies . |
| 16 | The next evening my father was brought home in a German car , but he seemed a broken man . |
| 17 | He seemed a courtly gentleman with the inbred manners of a diplomat . |