Example sentences of "seemed the [adj -est] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And increasingly , as I thought about it , that planet seemed the best idea . |
| 2 | However much I might want to keep tabs on him , bumping into him several times a day in the corridor hardly seemed the best route to anonymity . |
| 3 | Just now work seemed the best antidote to the frustration that was boiling inside her . |
| 4 | Loudon 's avowed objective , ‘ the amelioration of the great mass of society in all countries ’ , may appear to a modem reader grandiose , but to the Victorian reformer a bloodless revolution in housing seemed the best way of avoiding the carnage already witnessed on the European mainland . |
| 5 | It seemed the best way of unifying gravity with the other forces . |
| 6 | Financially , the elder son of Viola , and his wife , seemed the best bet , if character were taken into account , too . |
| 7 | It seemed the best bet . |
| 8 | It suddenly seemed the best solution . |
| 9 | As soon as the offer was accepted , it seemed the clearest piece of luck . |
| 10 | Benjamin looked at me in surprise but , I 'll be honest , I was tired of this subterfuge and Catherine seemed the friendliest person we had met since this horrible business had begun . |
| 11 | But she made no move to leave , so I had to say not at all , I 'd gone to bed because it seemed the warmest place . |
| 12 | She wanted to hate him , and on one level she did , but part of her still wanted him , and that seemed the worst betrayal of all . |
| 13 | This seemed the safest bolthole . ’ |
| 14 | It also seemed the kindest course of action , in view of your extreme fatigue . |
| 15 | Fenna came offering now only love , huge steady love and joy and that seemed the hardest thing to resist . |
| 16 | I was warm and sleepy but my master kept haranguing me : compliance seemed the easiest way out so I put on my boots , grabbed my cloak and accompanied him down to the Templar chapel . |