Example sentences of "seemed [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They might have exchanged , again , the people of their two schools , but to Kate these people seemed for the moment irrelevant . |
| 2 | Ashenden shrugged , and seemed for the moment somewhat less at ease . |
| 3 | Luce debated stopping and having a showdown but , chickening out , she told herself it hardly seemed worth the hassle . |
| 4 | So essential did this communication seem to the West Midlands survey respondents , that the repetition that it would inevitably entail for the manager , as different volunteers come in each day , still seemed worth the effort . |
| 5 | Corman 's ALP had already turned it down because although they liked the idea of another biker film , the prospect of Hopper — bearing in mind his recent reputation — bringing in the picture without problems hardly seemed worth the gamble . |
| 6 | All the 30-something women we knew then seemed about the limit beyond which you went into suits and Burberry raincoats . |
| 7 | I decided not to , when you seemed against the idea . |
| 8 | ‘ It seemed like the hotels could n't cope with one touring team in terms of faxes , telephone and general service . |
| 9 | Aside from the fact that she had n't slept well last night , she was not a ‘ morning person ’ as a rule , and half-past five — even in summer — seemed like the middle of the night . |
| 10 | When I was six or seven , it seemed like the boys had more fun ; they could run and roll around and get dirty . |
| 11 | The noises that came from the rooms on either side seemed like the sound-track of a film that everyone in the hotel was playing , a film in which various people were constantly ambushed , or tortured , or — in joy — found God . |
| 12 | The people of Ghana appear to have taken this development calmly , but for White liberal friends of Ghana this seemed like the parting of the ways . |
| 13 | This part of West London seemed like the country to me , with none of the disadvantages , no cows or farmers . |
| 14 | Ferd seemed like the kind of creature who would know about leaping out at folks . |
| 15 | This seemed like the hovercraft 's end , but it spawned the technology that made the AP1-88 possible . |
| 16 | The thought of the hotel seemed like the mirage of an oasis , something always just out of reach . |
| 17 | It seemed like the thing to do . |
| 18 | ‘ Seemed like the thing to do . ’ |
| 19 | His marriage seemed like the Atlantic Ocean to her , something vast and unknowable which she could not attempt to bridge but only fly over at a terrible speed . |
| 20 | High Row , Darlington , on an overcast Monday and it seemed like the town 's electorate had decided to move lock , stock and barrel somewhere else . |
| 21 | If my memory serves me correctly , the very first public outing of the very first public train resulted in a fatality , and one at a mere 12 mph , though doubtless this seemed like the speed of light at the time . |
| 22 | It seemed like the end of an era for licensed dealers . |
| 23 | Well it seemed like the morning of everybody was using it , they use them to cook . |
| 24 | And the little key slipped into the keyhole and melted , as it seemed into the glass body of the casket , so for a moment the whole surface was perfectly closed and smooth . |
| 25 | At some point or other , though Jack has never discussed the possibility in public , he appears to have suspected that all might not be as it seemed in the Nicholson household . |
| 26 | Seen in undress , in the vivid fabrics of winter , he was a smaller man than he seemed in the field , despite the broad shoulders and sinewy limbs . |
| 27 | Jake seemed in the grip of a madness deeper than any Ruth remembered ; all she wanted now , overwhelmingly , was to get away from him . |
| 28 | Without her wishing it to be so , it seemed in the nature of things for her always to seek favour and her mistress to bestow it . |
| 29 | A ‘ new illegal Party ’ , it was somewhat picturesquely alleged , seemed in the process of creation out of all those — evidently disparate individuals and groups — united in their opposition to National Socialism and forming on that basis their assessment of domestic politics and the war situation . |
| 30 | Thus it seemed in the restaurant of the Golden Eagle at Thornaby , just half a dozen computer salesmen ( and others similarly programmed ) dining disconsolately in desultory ones and twos . |