Example sentences of "[pers pn] seem a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Smith and Hogan , Criminal Law , 6th edn , Butterworth , 1988 , 559 n6 , comment : " [ T ] his seems a surprising decision as it would surely astonish bankers to learn that by issuing such cards they are allowing their customers to borrow by way of overdraft to an unspecified amount " ( their emphasis ) .
2 Linda Bloomfield , chief executive of Merseyside TEC , said : ‘ Businessmen 's time is in short supply so taking the show to them seemed a logical idea . ’
3 She seemed a thoughtful person , someone of like nature to Mary Smith , but with much more up top .
4 She seemed a typical product of her upper-middle-class background in Westchester County .
5 She seemed a brazen hussy ! ’
6 Because she seemed a nice woman and had had a nice mother , with whom she seemed to get on well .
7 She seemed a little hurt suddenly .
8 He says : ‘ She seemed a happy person on the surface but underneath she had been deeply affected by her parents ’ divorce . ’
9 She seemed a bright , unthinking product of the sixties , intent on enjoying herself when everybody else had settled down .
10 She seemed a charming girl to me .
11 A pulse of light slid over Fincara 's face , and the long green eyes were so alight , so blazingly concentrated , that she seemed a different woman .
12 You seem a little tense . ’
13 You seem a happy lot around here .
14 Though at the beginning , she seems a sad character , with whom life has dealt harshly , you soon begin to realise that she is a heartless and conniving woman .
15 She seems a good ship . ’
16 This Mrs Melburn , the parson 's wife … she seems a motherly figure , in a way , but that bit ’ — she pointed to the page of a letter that was on the table — ‘ that bit tells you why they came this way . ’
17 Cal gets on with her mum and dad , she loves going on holiday with them to the villa in Spain — she seems a goodie-goodie but she 's not , she 's great .
18 ‘ Lately she seems a little low in spirits . ’
19 She seems a little well , odd .
20 At a fair distance , and without being able to see them clearly in the encroaching dusk , they seemed a friendly lot and we yelled back .
21 They seem a natural outgrowth of civil-rights law , and they are increasingly popular ; but judges are wary of them .
22 He seemed a sinister character with his long snout and bony body , alert , watchful , suspicious .
23 He seemed a kindly person , not in the least severe .
24 He seemed a long way off .
25 He seemed a long way off .
26 He seemed a pleasant well spoken quiet young man .
27 The last time he called on us after his exhibition at Keighley he seemed a new man , with a delight in having found himself in his painting and amazement that it also gave pleasure to so many others .
28 Wattana had beaten Parrott in four major events this season and he seemed a good bet to improve this record when he established a 2–0 lead .
29 He seemed a useful source where Dysart 's Oxford days were concerned .
30 For a while he seemed a shy figure hovering on the borders of a conversation , longing to take part in it , to belong .
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