Example sentences of "it seem [art] [adv] [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | To my young mind it seemed a most unScottish thing to do . |
| 2 | It seemed a rather difficult thing to do , somehow , which surprised me , as I had n't realized I still had some atavistic buried fear of him because he was black . |
| 3 | He wrote in his Testament not long before he died : " While I was living in sin , it seemed a very bitter thing to look at lepers ; but the Lord Himself led me among them , and I had compassion on them . |
| 4 | ‘ We dug the pond because there was n't anything to look at and it seemed a very obvious thing to do . |
| 5 | It seemed the most natural thing in the world . |
| 6 | ‘ When your Uncle Jim died , ’ Louise continued , ‘ and I decided to retire up here , it seemed the most natural thing in the world that cousins should want to be close in their widowhood . |
| 7 | She supposed she ought to feel apprehensive , but she felt only deep delight , and it seemed the most natural thing in the world to be making her way through the moonlight to Raynor . |
| 8 | So for a second it seemed the most natural thing in the world when the ships airlock suddenly opened , and I stepped out of my cabin to see Sergia framed in the lock , with two male Ardakkeans behind her . |
| 9 | Straining away from him , gasping with tortured gratification , she found that it seemed the most natural thing in the world to her when she was swept up in his arms and carried through into the bedroom , to be laid gently down on the soft duvet . |
| 10 | I was flooded with joy , and all at once it seemed the most important thing in the world that he should know that I still loved him , too . |