Example sentences of "[pron] seemed in the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But then she seemed in the end she she picked it up .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 It seemed in the end there was little else to do but actually to raise the matter again with Mr Farraday .
7 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 .
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