Example sentences of "it seemed [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lee may have found all that a valuable lesson , but there were times when it seemed Marvin just had n't learned at all . |
| 2 | At the time it seemed things could get no worse but , inexorably , they did . |
| 3 | Just when it seemed things were going his way again this has happened . ’ |
| 4 | But it seemed , sir , when first I talked to Mrs Browning , before ever I mentioned my plan , or else I would not have mentioned it , it seemed Ferdinando was to go , that there was no choice , that he was nigh essential to your comfort , and then , having spoken out , to find he was not and therefore he would not go and my plan was to come to nothing — it is hard to understand , sir . ’ |
| 5 | It seemed Ruth 's eyes were scarlet and her mouth black . |
| 6 | It seemed Blunset was still wandering through the corridors and Endill looked forward to their next meeting . |
| 7 | Gould had arranged to rendezvous with Gilbert in Sydney before leaving for England , but so eager was he to set sail with his precious cargo that when it seemed Gilbert might have been delayed in Western Australia , he left without seeing him . |
| 8 | Throughout the '60s it seemed Lotus could do no wrong . |
| 9 | But it seemed Lucie had lost a lot of weight since the last time they had played it . |
| 10 | While there were fluctuations , it seemed officers in charge did not draw attention to the periods when dependency levels were lighter . |
| 11 | When it seemed Chen might force a third , Persson fired an explosive backhand winner to lead 19–18 . |
| 12 | It seemed ages before they sorted out the time . |
| 13 | It seemed ages since he 'd had anything to eat . |
| 14 | them it , it seemed ages before they were going to be on their |
| 15 | It seemed Lady Luck was still smiling on them . |
| 16 | It seemed Gran too sensed there was no way of stopping whatever it was that had begun … ’ |
| 17 | Some stores had started cutting prices before Christmas , but then it seemed customers were keeping their money in their pockets . |
| 18 | It seemed cold up here in the hills . |
| 19 | It seemed Noah wanted the magistrate to find nothing with which he could possibly take issue . |
| 20 | Albert had said Mr Evans would be flaming mad when he heard about Mrs Gotobed 's Will and it seemed Albert was right . |
| 21 | Just when it seemed Roma would inflict a humiliating defeat on their despised city neighbours in ‘ Il Derby ’ , Gascoigne saved the game , honour of Lazio , and head of coach Dino Zoff . |
| 22 | There followed a few minutes ' discussion where it seemed Cicely Hepwood had been all set to cancel an arrangement she and her husband had to visit a sick friend in hospital that afternoon . |
| 23 | It seemed grown-up , ’ said Stephen . |
| 24 | If she 'd meant to lie , she 'd have planned the lies ; as it was , it was more like someone else speaking , someone for whom all the tales might be true : the tales of the amorous husband who would not be denied , or even delayed ; of her horrified discovery that her tried and trusted dutch cap had let her down after all these years , of her disappointment that she would not now be able to train as a doctor or run a campaign for more zebra crossings or offer a home to her poor ailing mother ; and then of course there were the medical difficulties , what with her diabetes and the early mongol child that died and all those Caesarians ; and the home where there was n't an inch of space and how the baby would mean eviction and bankruptcy ; and the fear that the baby might be too obviously of mixed-race ; and the over-riding , gut-rending terror that the baby might have royal blood ( of course if ever this got outside these walls there would be no answering for the political consequences for the western world ) and in the circumstances it seemed kind that the child should never be born . |
| 25 | It seemed part of her nausea . |
| 26 | But it seemed Mrs Eckley had no intention of allowing her to take her leave yet . |
| 27 | Then , it seemed hours later , when he sensed or smelt or somehow divined that he was almost at the road , there came , as likely as not out of his own imagination , the delicate sound of an indrawn breath . |
| 28 | A second after Perdita fell asleep , it seemed Luke was banging on the door telling her to get up and to wear a sweater as it was cold first thing . |
| 29 | When at last she looked up , it seemed days , weeks later . |
| 30 | It seemed ears ago now . |