Example sentences of "seemed [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Nadder seemed to carry much more water that used to go under the bridge at a fair old pace . |
| 2 | For much of 1981 and early 1982 the Social Democrats seemed to carry all before them . |
| 3 | ‘ So there we are , ’ he went on , and his voice seemed to carry more than ever . |
| 4 | The face , the hand and the candle withdrew backwards , still smiling at him , for the smile seemed to embrace all three , as though the withdrawing brightness emanated from the man rather than the flame . |
| 5 | As happens in any new venture , I discovered that the hours I had to put in at the beginning seemed to outnumber those available in any day . |
| 6 | Nithard already seemed to sense that bond . |
| 7 | Emily seemed to sense this too as she gazed at the uppermost branches . |
| 8 | He seemed to sense this , for his hands dropped . |
| 9 | It all seemed to emphasise that , in the era of the All Ireland League , the Senior Cup just does n't matter as much as it used to . |
| 10 | The Iraqi coup seemed to confirm all the Foreign Office 's worst fears about Nasser becoming the Hitler of the Middle East . |
| 11 | Brian and I put all Mazzin 's power games down to repressed homosexuality and his next trick seemed to confirm that . |
| 12 | I thought at the time it was a crazy thing to agree to and early events seemed to confirm this . |
| 13 | Indeed , the threatened coal strike of 1925 , which occurred at more or less the same time , seemed to confirm this impression . |
| 14 | The victimization which occurred , the loss of trade union membership , and the wage reductions all seemed to confirm this impression . |
| 15 | The archaeological record seemed to confirm this , for there was a singular dearth of substantial finds or evidence of major structures in most English towns , including London . |
| 16 | And in September 1988 , Donleavy seemed to confirm this by placing him on the ‘ inactive ’ list and arranging for him to rejoin the Boy Scouts of America as Director of Marketing and Public Relations for the Chicago Area Council . |
| 17 | His next words seemed to confirm this . |
| 18 | The issue of naturalization seemed to perplex some Libyans ; this was clear in their discussions at the Kufra Assembly and at the National Assembly which followed it . |
| 19 | I remember being podgy , no make-up , an unsmart lady but I made a lot of noise and he seemed to like that . ’ |
| 20 | He seemed to like that , although he did get fed up with it . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Mr Malik seemed to like this . |
| 23 | The other side of your comment was that you seemed to like these certain basic typefaces . |
| 24 | Oddly enough , some of the young lords seemed to enjoy this , despite the conditions , John Randolph and the Steward in especial finding it almost a sporting activity . |
| 25 | What seemed to support this theory was that Anthony Foster was said to have been strangled shortly afterwards , thereby tying up all the loose ends and avoiding embarrassment in the future . |
| 26 | In the early post-war years it was believed that investment expenditures were not very responsive to changes in interest rates , and most of the empirical evidence at the time , seemed to support this view . |
| 27 | Ruth paled and her heart seemed to miss several beats as she glanced past Steve again . |
| 28 | ‘ We were having fun with the children but we seemed to lose each other , ’ says Davina . |
| 29 | When I explained that my husband had been a member of the British armed forces and was in uniform , the official seemed to lose all interest , which I thought strange , as there had been French and Belgian equivalents of the S.A.S. in 1944 . |
| 30 | He seemed to lose more than he gained . ’ |