Example sentences of "seemed call for " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is difficult to conceive , and it may be wrong , but some such hypothesis seemed called for to Freud 's mind at the end of his life 's work in psychoanalysis . |
| 2 | Jennifer said nothing , as nothing seemed called for . |
| 3 | She went on gay-rights marches — although , as far as anyone knew , she was heterosexual — and was wont to punch the air with her fist at moments which seemed to call for affirmation or triumph . |
| 4 | The simplest proposition seemed to call for endless repetitive explanation ; her steaks had become increasingly rare , and , most tiresome of all , whenever they made love , be it after breakfast , lunch or tea , she would leap from the marital bed and turn on the vacuum cleaner , spending the next twenty minutes cleaning an already spotless house . |
| 5 | There were few Marxists in the ILP but it was disproportionately strong in Scotland and came under the domination of the " Clydesider " MPs returned in 1922 , from acutely overcrowded and poor constituencies which seemed to call for extreme social measures . |