Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] seemed the [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Poles filled every available truck and train with Silesian coal and sent it north ; for weeks a fine drifting cloud of coal-dust hung over Danzig and it seemed the port was to become a coal-opolis fit to rival Cardiff , the coal capital of the world . |
| 2 | For a time he lost himself in the game , his whole self gathered up into the shapes the stones made on the board , until it seemed the board was the great Tao and he the stones . |
| 3 | He looked out , only half-focusing , until it seemed the fires were burning in his room , or else his reflection had stepped out through the window to roam the park like a ghost . |
| 4 | So when it seemed the conversation was nearly over and , for the first time since he had known her , she appeared to have called for no reason , he was almost relieved to hear her ask , ‘ Now then , David , have you heard from him ? ’ |
| 5 | But just when it seemed the writing was about to be put back up on the wall , Kendall found an unlikely saviour . |