Example sentences of "they seemed [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They seemed expensive to her at nineteen shillings and elevenpence but the small boy loved them . |
| 2 | But they had done no harm to Timothy Gedge , and if they seemed ridiculous they could n't really help it . |
| 3 | Years ago I used to do isometric exercises because they did n't make me puff and they seemed easy . |
| 4 | It also enabled moderate Republicans to avoid an open break with Bush on the issue , and saved the Democrats from a potentially damaging veto battle which they seemed one vote short of winning and which would again have highlighted for white voters the identification of Democrats with minority issues . |
| 5 | He had had a good day at the office and his head had not troubled him ; they seemed pleased with his work ; he had been looking forward to telling her about it over supper , and now this . |
| 6 | When we protested that ours was a dirt track and not a paved city street , they seemed uncertain of the rules and phoned their chief . |
| 7 | On some days they seemed absent from the area and then we would detect two or three in the course of the next patrol . |
| 8 | But when he and his family got back to their cabin they seemed upset because we had gone to so much trouble . ’ |
| 9 | There were several female faces above her and the sounds of the street still reached her though they seemed distant and somewhat muffled . |
| 10 | For their part , trade unions mostly ignored community-based groups as irrelevant , self-appointed and ephemeral ; they seemed unaware that they were becoming increasingly remote from the people who belonged to them , especially to women ( as members , and even more so as unwaged workers ) . |
| 11 | At the time , after years of wartime austerity , consumers were so relieved to sink their teeth into a nice slice of meat that they seemed content to remain in ignorance about its origins . |
| 12 | It was not the quantity of stars that was so impressive , though if there had been more they would have blended into a whitewash , nor was it their brilliance , though they were a dazzling variation of colour and size , but that they seemed alive . |
| 13 | They seemed demoralized and miserable , operating an endless mechanical process . |
| 14 | They seemed delighted that I 'd said it , and to know just what I meant . |
| 15 | They seemed unconcerned by our presence , and the ranger said they were probably deliberately moving out of our way , but once again we were reminded that , even though this part of Elgon might look like Scotland , we were still most definitely in Africa . |
| 16 | I thought about the good-hearted couple inside its walls , and suddenly they seemed unimportant . |
| 17 | They seemed playful rather than aggressive . |
| 18 | They seemed unaffected however , and threw their heads back , howling with unnatural laughter as they twisted their bodies in ever more contorted movements , some of them even brushing into one or other of the fires and continuing their dance as if they had n't noticed . |
| 19 | It seems I , oh I seemed to feel that it , it was , if we wanted to see three it was gon na upset , well they seemed that , I thought it would save money if they |
| 20 | They seemed anxious and hesitant about leaving , as if uncertain of which direction to take . |
| 21 | They seemed shocked at the suggestion . |
| 22 | They seemed set to continue talking forever , but the auditorium lights began to dim , so they scuttered off , giggling , to find their seats . |
| 23 | But misses at times when they seemed set for a good end let the Stranraer team in . |
| 24 | At first sight they seemed distinct : voting patterns were not related to policy issues ; people spoke of their voting intentions in terms of fraternal solidarities , while they conducted a subtle and nuanced assessment of the effects of government on their own lives and on national prestige . |
| 25 | They seemed competent and satisfied . |
| 26 | They seemed private . |
| 27 | They seemed disappointed to hear that we had had such a pleasant day on the far bank . |
| 28 | They seemed untouched . |
| 29 | Although the inadequacy of the security police became increasingly apparent to the government during the 1870s , to radical students they seemed ubiquitous and frighteningly well-informed . |
| 30 | They seemed keen to find out . |