Example sentences of "[vb past] seem a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It began to seem a possibility that an external observer would be able to predict whether or not an apparently relaxed subject was forming visual images . |
| 2 | The sun dropped below the horizon , the minutes ticked by and an involuntary bivouac began to seem a possibility . |
| 3 | They seemed like two equivalent ways of saying the same thing , and which form of words you chose seemed a matter of taste . |
| 4 | Cos I thought they thought seem a bit thin but |
| 5 | What am I to do ? ’ wailed the victim , and indeed it did seem a problem , because — since she was so much taller than either of her companions — her feet were larger than theirs , and she could not get into their comfortable country shoes . |
| 6 | Going home really did seem a possibility . |
| 7 | The money they had to pay the sheep for the Cuddly Woolly Protection Racket did seem a lot . |
| 8 | Cedric and Dorothy had seemed a centre , even an essential one ; so many well-known people had been in and out with their politics , books , causes , marches for this and that , demonstrations . |
| 9 | No wonder he had seemed a bit on edge . |
| 10 | The idea of going to France and turning into reality something which for so long had seemed a dream was now a concrete possibility . |
| 11 | It had seemed a dream come true . |
| 12 | His posting to the War Office had seemed a godsend . |
| 13 | To her he had seemed a hero : all she wanted was to kneel at his feet , kiss them and bandage them . |
| 14 | Seen through her mother 's eyes , far-off England had seemed a land of dreams and adventure . |
| 15 | She had thought for months of trying to blow the gaff on the fact that she was past marrying off , but it had seemed a lot to put Len through , and her mother was anyway exceptionally good at not acknowledging that a gaff had been blown . |
| 16 | Yet , it must , this new thin man , he had seemed a gleam of randiness , be the old Rab . |