Example sentences of "[subord] it seem [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each game lasted approximately 30 minutes , although it seemed much less . |
| 2 | When at times she is feeling particularly low and bereft , you might also remind her gently that although it seems that love has departed from her life altogether with the loss of her husband , this is not so . |
| 3 | In pre-railway times there is no record of a pub , so it seems some entrepreneur witnessed passengers standing on this blasted corner and decided he could profitably offer them shelter and spirits . |
| 4 | What Dilys Powell missed when she described The Wicked Lady as a concatenation of ‘ the hoary , the tedious , the disagreeable , ’ as did other critics who saw Gainsborough 's films as a reassertion of an old escapist tendency in British cinema , was how much of an advance such films offered on everything of a similar sort that had gone before , and how they touched the sentiments of audiences who could no longer respond to stories of gallant endeavour quite as they could when it seemed that defeat was an imminent possibility . |
| 5 | She said the Edinburgh summit had been a tense time for the family when it seemed all Mr Garel-Jones ' work on Maastricht could have come to nothing . |
| 6 | It is heartening to see that the non-enrollers have not been put off future participation , especially when it seems many have had difficulties arising from personal circumstances . |
| 7 | In the three month experiment , unlikely rural topics like cot death , abortion , murder and villagers ' fight against toxic waste dumping are shown , though it seems some episodes will be cut as only four episodes a week are planned . |
| 8 | Then , just as it seemed that sleep was a compulsion he could no longer resist , Lucien heard a noise in the room . |
| 9 | As far as nudity was concerned they quickly accepted it in Josephine 's act as it seemed such a natural part of her but their attitudes were quite prudish when confronted with the nudes backstage . |
| 10 | Creggan nodded , for it seemed this eagle would know the truth of anything he said . |