Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] seemed [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruth paled and her heart seemed to miss several beats as she glanced past Steve again . |
| 2 | Her body seemed to droop all at once . |
| 3 | The Tominahs and even her uncle seemed to think this behaviour was quite to be expected on an occasion such as this , with so much soul energy flying around . |
| 4 | His wife seemed to recognise some signal and took up the conversational baton for the next lap . |
| 5 | ‘ So there we are , ’ he went on , and his voice seemed to carry more than ever . |
| 6 | Whenever it was Charlie 's turn to spend four days in the advance trenches his section seemed to occupy most of their time filling their billycans with pints of water , as they struggled to bail out the gallons that dropped daily from the heavens . |