Example sentences of "seemed [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed for the barest fraction of an instant that a smile might be knocking at the underside of that granite jaw . |
| 2 | Christina flicked back her long hair and concentrated on Pauline , who seemed for the first time to want to confide in her . |
| 3 | They might have exchanged , again , the people of their two schools , but to Kate these people seemed for the moment irrelevant . |
| 4 | Ashenden shrugged , and seemed for the moment somewhat less at ease . |
| 5 | Corman 's ALP had already turned it down because although they liked the idea of another biker film , the prospect of Hopper — bearing in mind his recent reputation — bringing in the picture without problems hardly seemed worth the gamble . |
| 6 | So essential did this communication seem to the West Midlands survey respondents , that the repetition that it would inevitably entail for the manager , as different volunteers come in each day , still seemed worth the effort . |
| 7 | Luce debated stopping and having a showdown but , chickening out , she told herself it hardly seemed worth the hassle . |
| 8 | All the 30-something women we knew then seemed about the limit beyond which you went into suits and Burberry raincoats . |
| 9 | Then , as they came out onto an open stretch of bitten turf at the foot of the hill where the rabbits were running , as though a signal had been given a universal clamour broke out , a clatter , a din of singing , from the unseen roof-tops of the village behind them , from the beeches on the Down , from the ash trees that stood like singing poles in the hedgerows along the hollow track , from every tree it seemed of the whole vast forest birds were singing and singing and demanding to be heard . |
| 10 | Before she had managed it , she heard Glyn 's voice , and it seemed of the utmost importance that he did not begin to get to know the man who had come here and turned her small world upside-down so quickly . |
| 11 | I decided not to , when you seemed against the idea . |
| 12 | That seemed like the most sensible idea . |
| 13 | His marriage seemed like the Atlantic Ocean to her , something vast and unknowable which she could not attempt to bridge but only fly over at a terrible speed . |
| 14 | Sally Gilbert-Smith and Ruth Gilbert from Cornwall — Sally , 28 , who works in Lloyds Bank in Newquay , entered herself and her mother for the competition because it seemed like the perfect opportunity for the experts to show them off to their full potential . |
| 15 | Tony Zanetta : ‘ Prior to his tour of the States , David started doing dates in England and within three months he was becoming what seemed like the biggest thing in England . |
| 16 | When I was six or seven , it seemed like the boys had more fun ; they could run and roll around and get dirty . |
| 17 | This seemed like the hovercraft 's end , but it spawned the technology that made the AP1-88 possible . |
| 18 | This part of West London seemed like the country to me , with none of the disadvantages , no cows or farmers . |
| 19 | One of his best friends was already playing and the two were big Kiss and Black Sabbath fans , ‘ so it seemed like the natural thing to do . ’ |
| 20 | There was a time when Madness seemed like the most durable of British pop bands . |
| 21 | It seemed like the right sort of thing to say . |
| 22 | It had not occurred to me that alternative arrangements could or would have been made , but , the more I thought about it , the more leaving the school seemed like the most sensible thing to do . |
| 23 | The 1896 discovery by Eduard Buchner ( 1860–1917 ) that fermentation could carry on in the absence of living cells seemed like the final nail in the coffin . |
| 24 | Ferd seemed like the kind of creature who would know about leaping out at folks . |
| 25 | She is maybe aware that this sounds sweet but a little ideologically uncool because she swiftly adds , ‘ It seemed like the ultimate — to make music together . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It seemed like the hotels could n't cope with one touring team in terms of faxes , telephone and general service . |
| 27 | It seemed like the right reaction as well , because everyone thought we were ambient intellectuals going around posing in mirrors and stuff . ’ |
| 28 | Laundering its altar linen and hoovering its aisle carpet often seemed like the instinctive care she gave to anything dependent of which she was fond . |
| 29 | If my memory serves me correctly , the very first public outing of the very first public train resulted in a fatality , and one at a mere 12 mph , though doubtless this seemed like the speed of light at the time . |
| 30 | It seemed like the end of an era for licensed dealers . |