Example sentences of "[noun] seemed [to-vb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they had left , Julia wondered whether to say anything or not , but David seemed to have no such inhibitions . |
| 2 | The arrival of the ‘ Extremities , Dirt And Various Repressed Emotions ’ album seemed to provide an apt moment to compile the required discography and , thanks to help from readers John Elliot of Hawick and Mark from Sheffield along with Frank O'Donnell and his valiant cohorts at PolyGram , I 've managed to piece together what would seem to be a complete run-down . |
| 3 | Apart from the bike messengers , that was , and these were easy to distinguish because they were young and wiry and bizarrely dressed , and their eyes seemed to have a certain glaze on them from being on a permanent adrenaline high . |
| 4 | In one of my close acquaintances at B.P. , rationing and shortages seemed to effect an eccentric metamorphosis . |
| 5 | For instance , heads of department seemed to take an unselfconscious view of leadership and of their management style . |
| 6 | When he met him in the office , or on the stairs , his habitually offensive glance seemed to have a new dimension of thoughtfulness . |
| 7 | It was pitch dark everywhere , and the whirr of the ceiling fan seemed to fill the silent bedroom . |
| 8 | Ones with numerous branches seemed to dominate the earlier rocks , ones with fewer branches were later , while in rocks we would now recognize as Silurian and early Devonian , forms with but a single branch ( or stipe ) were abundant . |
| 9 | The headline seemed to fill the stormy horizon . |
| 10 | Grandson Richard 's reply seemed to take a long time . |
| 11 | Either way , concentration seemed to require an enormous effort and forceful argument a better assembled set of thoughts than he currently possessed . |
| 12 | Juliet 's heart seemed to give a little flutter as she answered , ‘ Half-day . |
| 13 | The arenas hired for these meetings seemed to match the modern creed of the new popular movement . |
| 14 | Sarah seemed to have a special liking for angry gestures , even when she had provoked them herself . |
| 15 | The assumed humility seemed to have a soothing effect upon Major Tzann . |
| 16 | William seemed to have no other source of income at present . |
| 17 | And yet on the face of it , the inner route seemed to offer a better way of meeting the need than performing the functions that you seek for the relief road to perform in that part of Harrogate Knaresborough . |
| 18 | He pointed at Blossom , and in truth the unkind description seemed to fit the bony creature standing between her sleek neighbours . |
| 19 | Everywhere , Perdita seemed to see the emerald-green colours they had chosen to emphasize their Irish origins , which were worn by players , grooms and supporters alike . |
| 20 | Thomas and Ell seemed to make a good couple . |
| 21 | Yet local authorities seemed to exhibit a universal lack of interest in developing alternative services to the mental hospitals , even when given sizeable subsidies . |
| 22 | The authorities seemed to adopt a dual approach to the anniversary ; on the one hand they launched a massive security operation in the city and detained a number of potential trouble makers , but on the other hand they attempted to portray an image of leniency by releasing groups of pro-democracy activists who had been arrested in 1989 . |
| 23 | But a visit to Aerospatiale 's Socata factory at Tarbes seemed to offer the ideal opportunity of reviewing their TB20 , the Trinidad , in the role it 's made for — as an executive aircraft for the pilot owner touring market . |
| 24 | The political and social context and the popular mood seemed to demand an upbeat cinema but this cinema was not to be a cinema of fantasy or make-believe but rather it was a cinema created in the image of its audiences . |
| 25 | FitzAlan shifted one hand to the nape of her neck , holding her still , while that probing gaze seemed to penetrate the very depths of her soul . |
| 26 | This augmentation seemed to give the right behaviour on the texts that SPAR processed . |
| 27 | A certain erectness in her posture seemed to contradict an initial impression of comparative fragility . |
| 28 | Lochnagar seemed to hold the ancient spirit of the land . |
| 29 | Methodism seemed to encircle the little town before it entered it . |
| 30 | But Fenton Marshall seemed to have an apt answer for everything . |