Example sentences of "seemed [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she put her cup down and began to speak in a soft , sad , dreaming voice that seemed to weave a spell of silence in the room . |
| 2 | No difference was found in the aspartate aminotransferase levels at the start of the two courses ; however , both courses seemed to induce a peak of aspartate aminotransferase values that often preceeds a response to therapy . |
| 3 | With no reason not to come in — since it was the spirit of the house that people should sit around the kitchen table talking — they seemed to sense a unity , to know they were not wanted . |
| 4 | The source of his personal identity and the nature of financial and status rewards also seemed to affect a teacher 's ability to change his classroom practice . |
| 5 | The American neo-Lamarckians made the same point , arguing that the fossils seemed to support a theory of directed evolution , not one based on the selection of random variation by the local environment . |
| 6 | My heart lurched and seemed to miss a beat , but I went on reading calmly , though the print was blurred . |
| 7 | Her heart seemed to miss a beat , then began thumping heavily against her ribs . |
| 8 | All Irish landladies , however pleasant , seemed to breathe a sigh of relief when a visitor left , and they were able to get on with the intense business of family life without interruption . |
| 9 | But Ruth 's eye was drawn back to the great tower of rock , and on the very top , high above , she seemed to see a jut of walls and pinnacles , glimmering like hard edges of light . |
| 10 | She knew that Richard came from the castle and understood that his family was the family to which all the others deferred , but now instead of intimidating her Richard 's status seemed to impart a sense of protection . |
| 11 | There seemed to be no reason why you should n't , and to decide not to , after having had the thought , seemed to indicate a lack of real caritas . |
| 12 | The clothes he wore , the cut of his hair , even the subtly elegant watch on his wrist , everything about him seemed to indicate a man who had been brought up to take wealth for granted . |
| 13 | Since universities had become relatively autonomous in 1863 , the authorities ' general attitude towards education seemed to indicate a readiness on their part to give up some of the prerogatives of the central bureaucracy . |
| 14 | There seemed to come a grunt from somewhere . |
| 15 | The Hillsborough disaster seemed to encourage a period of self-reflection and greater public sympathy for the beleaguered game of soccer . |
| 16 | Other factors seemed to encourage a movement towards peace with which both kings appeared to sympathise . |
| 17 | They were always ready to tell fortunes and if asked , seemed to know a Romany cure for every ailment . |
| 18 | He seemed to know a lot about female mysteries and I wanted him to explain . |
| 19 | 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 ’ . |
| 20 | He said this kind needed gentle handling ; he seemed to know a lot about barometers , and to be delighted with his purchase . |
| 21 | There were two Catholics from Northern Ireland who seemed to know a lot about the British Army . |
| 22 | He seemed to know a lot about the business . |
| 23 | The gipsy seemed to know a lot about Thornfield . |
| 24 | He already seemed to know a hell of a lot and taught me a lot about living , philosophy and music . |
| 25 | Silvio 's smile seemed to slip a notch . |
| 26 | Sprake was exceptionally good at pulling off the nearly impossible saves but his mind seemed to wander a bit ( perhaps back to the Valleys ) . |
| 27 | The cities of America were full of Dustin Hoffmans — just as every young woman seemed to bear a likeness to Barbara Streisand around the same time . |
| 28 | 100m from the line Block/Burgess were lying 4th but they seemed to find a reserve of energy from somewhere and crossed the line 1st , followed by Estevez/Marcheco of Cuba and Bobreshov/Kalesnik of the USSR in 0.8 secs . |
| 29 | He seemed to find a fascination in watching Gabriel . |
| 30 | Eventually she seemed to find a gap in the blackout and , her enormous behind reared aloft , she glued her eye to the glass . |