Example sentences of "[noun] and it seemed [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I wanted to meet Marius Durance — I 've always especially admired his work and it seemed crazy to be so close and not come face to face with him . |
2 | Apparently this new method had been tried out down south and it seemed ideal for the temperamental Orkney climate because you harvested when it was green and then you put it in a pit and packed it with a tractor and then you left it until it turned black and rotted and then you cut it up in chunks and fed it to the cattle . |
3 | ‘ We had looked at the agent in March and it seemed OK , ’ spokesman John Garner says . |
4 | Some people had expressed the view that this trip came too close to the Central Wales Line excursion and it seemed clear that we would not get enough people to justify the expense of a coach . |
5 | After a long hot journey we had not paid much attention to our surroundings and it seemed unbelievable to be in Germany at last . |
6 | A spokesman for Rothmans , who have factories in Darlington and Spennymoor , said : ‘ We are a major employer in County Durham and it seemed natural to support the team as it sets off on a new challenge as a first-class county . |
7 | He was about five-feet tall , but he had an enormous ability to make you feel that you had been given a real challenge and it seemed all-important to discharge it to his satisfaction and he was equally praising of your achievement . |
8 | Then I heard about the idea of a set of stamps and it seemed this was a way to recognise his work . |
9 | At the time I was in the throes of training Dawn and it seemed obvious that I should do my talk on the owl . |
10 | We were n't clad in PT kit but in woollen pullovers and regulation slacks and it seemed unlikely that anything violent was imminent . |
11 | Kate had told him that at present there were only women in the house and it seemed sensible that he should have a woman with him , particularly as it was Kate who had first broken the news . |
12 | This was the first time I had been to the house and it seemed enormous . |
13 | There was a general election pending at this time and it seemed certain we should lose it . |