Example sentences of "seemed [verb] any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only the strong figure of David Wallington seemed to promise any kind of help and she called out to him . |
| 2 | The seemingly boundless confidence of Mr Milosevic and his allies was not unconnected with the fact that until 1991 most of the rest of the world still seemed to reject any loosening of the bonds — controlled by the Serbs — that kept the existing Yugoslavia together . |
| 3 | Rance quickly decided that the Executive Council he had inherited from Dorman-Smith was useless while most of the senior British officials seemed to lack any ideas . |
| 4 | Twelve minutes later Steven Pressley grabbed a scrappy equaliser which seemed to end any prospect of an upset . |
| 5 | Twelve minutes later Steven Pressley grabbed a scrappy equaliser which seemed to end any prospect of an upset . |
| 6 | He was a legit , braceleted , but he never seemed to have any money , and somehow he seemed to avoid the gangs , legit and illegit , that roamed the upper Levels . |
| 7 | Neither of my parents seemed to have any friends , and tended to talk disparagingly of neighbours or colleagues . |
| 8 | Nobody seemed to have any doubt that Pencader would trounce his rivals on his debut at Newbury last month . |
| 9 | He gained a reputation as the Buster Keaton of the cricket world , a man who rarely seemed to have any expression on his face and who was not one for the excited cavortings that greet the fall of a wicket ; yet behind the mask a good deal of thought was given to his bowling , and he was liked and respected by his fellow players . |
| 10 | ‘ One of the reasons you went to the cinema when I was a teenager was to pick up girls , but I never seemed to have any luck . |
| 11 | No one seemed to have any idea . |
| 12 | Only Throgmorton seemed to have any idea of civilised behaviour . |
| 13 | Sammy slept under the navigator 's table and never seemed to have any reaction to the gyration of the aircraft or the attention of the natives with their flak and fighters outside . |
| 14 | In Rosemary 's book , ‘ lecherous , cretinous , oversexed reptile ’ was too polite a term for a man who seemed to think any female working for his father was fair game . |
| 15 | Ursula 's concern for Samantha 's safety seemed to eclipse any grief she felt on Maurice 's account . |
| 16 | It suddenly occurred to Hazel that these desperate interruptions seemed to follow any question beginning " Where ? " |
| 17 | The only wooden stairs that never seemed to make any noise were those inch-thick slabs in modern public buildings ; house stairs always took pleasure in announcing to everybody what you were doing . |
| 18 | It was a stupid idea but nothing she said seemed to make any difference . |