Example sentences of "seemed [to-vb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that the people involved who killed Chai in the snackbar fight were mostly ‘ unemployed youths ’ , seemed to emphasise for the young intellectuals the disrespect for knowledge prevalent in a money-orientated society . |
| 2 | She seemed to wait for an initiative from her friend . |
| 3 | Why was it everyone seemed to go for the easy way out ? |
| 4 | But they 're not so — ’ The offworlder seemed to search for a word . |
| 5 | But the first thing I 've got to say to you here and now is you 're no more capable of keeping a wife than of keeping a — ’ she seemed to search for the word , then brought out , ‘ rabbit . |
| 6 | For the Germans in Prague , gloating over the latest humilation for the East Berlin leadership on the eve of its birthday party seemed to compensate for the conditions of near-vagrancy . |
| 7 | Ninety nine per cent of our work was of this nature but the other one per cent of excitement seemed to compensate for the disappointments . |
| 8 | Alexei 's eyes seemed to stare for a moment into the middle distance . |
| 9 | Then he frowned and seemed to consider for a moment . |
| 10 | The phone seemed to ring for a long time . |
| 11 | Richmann seemed to think for a moment , then smiled . |
| 12 | He seemed to hesitate for a moment . |
| 13 | FitzAlan seemed to hesitate for a moment , then turned his mount on to the barely discernible path . |
| 14 | Geraci seemed to hesitate for a moment . |
| 15 | He seemed to hesitate for a moment . |
| 16 | Instead of making directly for it , I followed a track that seemed to make for the Foulness road , about half a mile beyond the village or hamlet marked as Crabtree Wick . |