Example sentences of "[noun pl] seem too [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her eyes seemed too bold , her shorts too tight and her sun-reddened limbs too large . |
| 2 | Her legs seemed too weak to carry her back upstairs to the sanctuary of her turret room . |
| 3 | Do only what you can and if the repetitions seem too difficult , then just do as many as are within your capability . |
| 4 | My fingers seemed too big . |
| 5 | Everyday matters seemed too much for him since the murder , they knew he could not cope with the bigger issues . |
| 6 | The little round lawn with its grass path was so bitty that I was tempted to remove it altogether , and the two paved areas seemed too small to accommodate much more than a deckchair . |
| 7 | For me this generous use of natural reverberation acts as a tonic after so many recordings where the acoustics seem too dry or contrived . |
| 8 | Some things seemed too intimate to share , and she would have to speak of secrets which were not her own . |
| 9 | The china teacups seemed too dainty in their dark working hands . |
| 10 | If the prospect of British ‘ bobbies ’ behaving like their LAPD counterparts seems too remote to be taken seriously , we might do well to consider the events of 29 September 1989 when 400 police officers carried out a drug raid on the Broadwater Farm Estate . |