Example sentences of "[pron] seemed in [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Around it , people do their work and linger to chat as well as eat : ‘ Tea passed pleasantly ’ for Emma 's guests , ‘ and nobody seemed in a hurry to move ’ . |
| 2 | It was impossible to know what was going on in her mind , but he was thankful that she seemed in no way agitated . |
| 3 | But then she seemed in the end she she picked it up . |
| 4 | There were lights on all over the house but no one seemed in a hurry to answer the door . |
| 5 | They seemed in no hurry to escort their prisoners into the valley . |
| 6 | I noted the small bunches of flowers laid in the Place de la Concorde in memory of Resistance fighters , and thought how especially fragile and touching they seemed in the immensity of that noble square . |
| 7 | Elaborated by his belief in the Vicariate of Christ and in both the priestly and the monarchic powers of Melchizedek , he seemed in no doubt as to the " plenitude " of the pope 's powers . |
| 8 | He seemed in no hurry to dash off and be a hero . |
| 9 | ‘ He seemed in a bit of a panic . |
| 10 | John Major , the British prime minister , created a political storm recently when he seemed in a speech to be supporting the idea of workfare — requiring the unemployed to work in exchange for benefits . |
| 11 | He seemed in a hurry to get away to his next appointment . |
| 12 | He seemed in a hurry to distance himself from the work he had been doing . |
| 13 | Seen in undress , in the vivid fabrics of winter , he was a smaller man than he seemed in the field , despite the broad shoulders and sinewy limbs . |
| 14 | So we sat there in the silence as if we knew each other well and had no need merely to talk ; and as a matter of fact it seemed in a way to suit the stillness of the day . |
| 15 | At some point or other , though Jack has never discussed the possibility in public , he appears to have suspected that all might not be as it seemed in the Nicholson household . |
| 16 | Thus it seemed in the restaurant of the Golden Eagle at Thornaby , just half a dozen computer salesmen ( and others similarly programmed ) dining disconsolately in desultory ones and twos . |
| 17 | It seemed in the end there was little else to do but actually to raise the matter again with Mr Farraday . |
| 18 | Without her wishing it to be so , it seemed in the nature of things for her always to seek favour and her mistress to bestow it . |