Example sentences of "which seemed a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed the recent evidence on plasmids can be seen as beautiful supporting evidence for the conjectures near bottom of page 182 ( which seemed a bit wild at the time ) . |
| 2 | It was less the fear of hell ( which seemed a long time away ) than the fear of being a non-person which prompted me to ask my parents if I could be baptised . |
| 3 | She had been so busy with her dress house in Rome , coping with her designer , planning for the future and ensuring that everyone in the business was kept happy — each of which seemed a full-time job in itself — that she had hardly had time to spare for her three children , let alone her mother . |
| 4 | The other day , when a new silver dinner service was commissioned for 10 Downing Street , I asked how much silver could be bought for a million pounds , which seemed a suitably round number . |
| 5 | He suddenly felt farcically drawn to Simon 's Prunella , which seemed a sign of health if nothing else . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , I moved out , came to live here in a rented house I ca n't really afford , Susan sold the flat , which seemed a bit more than a symbolic act , I continued to love her and miss her , I tried to understand what she felt and hoped it was something she 'd eventually work through so that we could be together again . |
| 7 | In a sense , this was a line which had been followed by John Hunter ; but his heirs in Britain had not pursued it , partly because of a national aversion to the vivisection which seemed a necessary part of it and partly because it seemed materialistic . |
| 8 | ‘ It was just one of those things which seemed a good idea at the time . |
| 9 | Mrs Goreng had been in Danu ten months , every one of which seemed a year to her . |
| 10 | And incidentally going back to that shot by Jochim in the end the referee gave a free kick against him for er presumably fouling the defender which seemed a harsh decision . |
| 11 | More specifically , in most offices the interception and reading of correspondence which seemed a possible source of useful information still continued . |