Example sentences of "[pers pn] seem [art] [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seemed a long way off . |
| 2 | He seemed a long way off . |
| 3 | It was only when I was almost in despair that I recalled having seen a letter written by a knitter from overseas , about an easy way to make cables and it seemed a pleasant way to take a break by referring back a few months until I found the letter from — you 've guessed it — June Shaw . |
| 4 | True , it seemed a curious way of implanting poison but — He pulled himself back to sanity . |
| 5 | It seemed a long way , though , from the summer perfume of myrtle and orange-blossom , the brilliance of white fluted marble , the wreathing steam , the orderly practices of the sugar-yards , the worksongs of the scything and the vintage , the glory of the sun setting , of the sun rising out of the sea . |
| 6 | it seemed a long way away |
| 7 | It seemed a long way away and he focused his mind with an effort . |
| 8 | It seemed a long way away but before we knew it we were paying the last of the deposits . |
| 9 | It seemed a long way to the building , but eventually she heard his footsteps on wood and knew they had arrived . |
| 10 | As a device for separating ‘ general matters of policy ’ from ‘ day to day administration ’ it seemed a comfortable way of combining public accountability with business efficiency in a parliamentary system of government : Ministers dealt with the former and the corporation 's employees with the latter . |
| 11 | Well , yes , of course it could , but it seemed an odd way of going about things . |
| 12 | Since our silver wedding anniversary was the following day it seemed an ideal way to celebrate , so my wife and I decided to go . |
| 13 | ‘ It seemed the only way to avoid a huge argument . ’ |
| 14 | It seemed the ideal way for the NFC to go into the private sector . |
| 15 | ‘ By the road , it seems a long way , but I need only to walk a kilometre across the fields beyond the farm . |
| 16 | Only it seems a long way to go ! |
| 17 | Oh it seems a long way to go just for five days skiing . |
| 18 | It seems a strange way of choosing officials . |
| 19 | Erm , the one , two , three and four refer to quarters , it seems a strange way to do it , and I apologize for that . |
| 20 | But , as an exile friend says , threatening to throw himself in Chihana 's footsteps , ‘ It seems the only way the media will be interested is if something happens to someone else . ’ |
| 21 | Everton boss Howard Kendall is reluctant to allow a quality player to depart , but with the club almost £4 m in debt and gates falling it seems the only way he can gather sufficient funds . |
| 22 | Emergency admissions develop a momentum of their own , not least because in some areas it seems the only way to get a place in a local authority residential home ( Sinclair , 1988b ) . |
| 23 | It seems the only way round my problem . |
| 24 | Unless the EC decides to treat them as a special case , it seems the only way out for them will be to give the toys away . |
| 25 | It seems an odd way to conserve the wood : |
| 26 | If this is true , it seems an expensive way of satisfying one 's curiosity . |