Example sentences of "had seem [adj] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What had seemed practicable in the US Defense Department proved illusive in many of the other civil agencies . |
| 2 | Mrs Singh had seemed mystified by the advice , as she believed the school should be responsible for progress in English and mathematics and shrugged helplessly when I suggested that parents also had an important role . |
| 3 | The search for Fedorov and Louise Müller , which had seemed all-important at the time , had been overtaken by weightier events . |
| 4 | She could hardly believe he had gone — he had seemed set for the night — and , to her consternation , the flat seemed empty and cold without his disturbing but magnetic presence . |
| 5 | For reasons which had seemed wise at the time , the Bar had not accepted that offer at that stage . |
| 6 | The number had seemed significant at the time : Lorton 's normal dose was two . |
| 7 | She had never said so , certainly , because she hated to admit that she minded anything , but she had seemed evasive about the future , and had shown no great enthusiasm over the journalistic course she was going to take . |
| 8 | As Coleman had been at pains to point this out before taking on the DEA assignment , he could hardly disagree , but the risk had seemed acceptable at the time and he had taken particular care to underline his academic credentials whenever he met Hurley 's people . |