Example sentences of "he seemed a [adj] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
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	In a red cloak I saw him go , His back was bent , his step was slow , And as he laboured through the cold He seemed a hundred winters old .
6	He seemed a pleasant well spoken quiet young man .
7	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 .
8	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 .
9	He seemed a useful source where Dysart 's Oxford days were concerned .
10	For a while he seemed a shy figure hovering on the borders of a conversation , longing to take part in it , to belong .
11	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 .
12	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 .
13	He seemed a different being altogether from the man she had served .
14	He seemed a little tense , and looked past me at the bedroom door ; and I was reminded of that first day .
15	Twenty months ago , at the end of the Gulf War , he seemed a dynamic and energetic leader .
16	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 .
17	The next evening my father was brought home in a German car , but he seemed a broken man .
18	He seemed a courtly gentleman with the inbred manners of a diplomat .

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