Example sentences of "[pron] seemed [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nicholas Roe , a writer who used to be a fishmonger , says : ‘ I seemed to spend more time sending fish back than selling it . |
| 2 | I seemed to live two inches behind the front of my skin , that part of me created wilfully by my lovers . |
| 3 | I seemed to have more time to get things together the second time and Fringe stayed beside Bob fairly smoothly to the end . |
| 4 | None of them seemed to set much store by where the Toraja themselves say they came from . |
| 5 | Everyone seemed to have different ideas of what you should do . |
| 6 | Everyone seemed to know each other ; the four walls resounded to the brayings of renewed insincerity . |
| 7 | It was not a critical success : as Philip Mairet , to whom the book was dedicated , put it , " Nobody seemed to like this book very much . |
| 8 | Nobody seemed to have any doubt that Pencader would trounce his rivals on his debut at Newbury last month . |
| 9 | Nevertheless there was one event of this year which seemed to lift such worries front him , and to help cure all his infirmities except that of age . |
| 10 | His expression wicked , he continued the stare which seemed to strip poor McAllister of her clothing , a stare so cruel that Dr Neil immediately saw its import and began to bridle at the sight , putting out a protective hand to his beloved , to feel her tremble beneath it . |
| 11 | They were loath to convict , especially in cases which seemed to contradict common law . |
| 12 | Although the surprise which seemed to greet these changes now seems misplaced , they represented significant alterations in the way heads and others were to manage education . |
| 13 | Will the Chancellor assist businesses in making their investment plans by telling us whether he has revised his growth forecast for this year in the light of the Prime Minister 's statements in his new year interview , which seemed to cast considerable doubt on the growth forecasts given earlier ? |
| 14 | We heard immensely jolly Italian instrumental pieces , solo p'i-p'i works ( this a slender stringed precursor of the guitar ) which seemed to condense whole operas into minutes , and poignant 9th and 13th century song . |
| 15 | De Gaulle added economic policy to the goals of political union , which seemed to menace those communities . |
| 16 | He walked down the steep hill from the car park between rows of boarding houses which seemed to prop each other up against the slope : stone-built houses with bay windows , tiny front gardens and the inevitable signboards — SEA-VIEW , HILLSIDE , BELLA VISTA , MALABAR … |
| 17 | Among themselves , royalty formed a kind of gigantic family which seemed to tie European society together into one great unit … |
| 18 | There was also a sanitary argument which seemed to have scientific backing , even if evidence was lacking . |
| 19 | Twelve minutes later Steven Pressley grabbed a scrappy equaliser which seemed to end any prospect of an upset . |
| 20 | Twelve minutes later Steven Pressley grabbed a scrappy equaliser which seemed to end any prospect of an upset . |
| 21 | In short , the basic instinct which seemed to tell many people that they needed a good ‘ clean out ’ , and that nasty things could happen while waste matter lingered around in the body , seems to have been largely correct . |
| 22 | An architecture which seemed to fulfill these requirements was the Chart parsing system ( Thompson and Ritchie 1984 ) . |
| 23 | Unfortunately for the West any move which seemed to strengthen that country created problems with its rival , Egypt . |
| 24 | Harris , Heston claimed , may appear to be very strong , but he ‘ does seem to be one of those people who seemed to enjoy ill health . |
| 25 | Harvey said ‘ Hello ’ four times , then suddenly he was talking to a bald-headed man who seemed to have four overcoats on at once . |
| 26 | This was an important mission , yet they had sent him a minor police official who seemed to have little standing or influence . |
| 27 | Something like resentment was beginning to swell in Cardiff ; a resentment that he was now doing as he was told by these newcomers — these newcomers who seemed to have more answers than he did for whatever in hell was going on here . |
| 28 | In the past it was invariably the leading Americans who seemed to have more grit or nerve when it came to the closing stretch . |
| 29 | He had cleared the small , fetid room , in which five persons lived , of everyone but the girl 's grandmother , who seemed to have some idea of how to help him — the girl 's mother was a defeated , apathetic creature only just over thirty herself . |
| 30 | For once , it was the losing side who seemed to have fewer reservations about the performance of the referee . |