Example sentences of "[noun sg] seemed [adj] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The driver seemed pleased by the idea and the Feldwebel sat back in luxurious anticipation . |
| 2 | " Oh , a little pale perhaps , " murmured Amabel , because paleness seemed essential to the occasion , although with dear nut-brown Gemma it was rather hard to tell . |
| 3 | The long thin mouth was pulled down at the corners like a tragic mask , the eyes were hooded , the shoulders hunched , head bent forward so that the man 's gaze seemed fixed on the surface of the table . |
| 4 | The judge seemed unimpressed by the argument that a rail strike would cause ‘ enormous public inconvenience ’ . |
| 5 | It was quite a large room , though the huge wood veneered desk seemed equal to the task of filling half of it . |
| 6 | When the Drama sub-committees of the Schools Council English Panel were presented with a proposition from Lynn McGregor , a London teacher with a strong interest in the sociology of education and her own research into Drama teaching on its way ( 1976 ) , to launch a full-scale research project , the climate seemed ripe for the subcommittee to make a recommendation . |
| 7 | The sea shimmering and heaving beneath the brisk breeze seemed ignorant of the loss in her life . |
| 8 | Apart from a look of mild surprise , the Rector seemed unaware of the toy being pulled roughly from under him . |
| 9 | His post-operative progress was complicated by a chest infection and he found it very difficult to regain his usual level of activity because his arthritis seemed worse after the operation and a day or two spent largely in bed . |
| 10 | The greengrocer seemed unperturbed by the import of what he was saying . |
| 11 | In patients with abnormal scores before treatment , quality of life seemed better in the chemotherapy arm . |
| 12 | Overall , there was no difference between the two patient groups , though in patients with abnormal scores before treatment the quality of life seemed better in the chemotherapy group . |
| 13 | On the platform the thick , sour air seemed fresh after the atmosphere inside the car . |
| 14 | Clutching his mono TV licence , the householder seemed nervous as the TV licence enforcement officer approached the set . |
| 15 | Tom said he is fascinated to learn that her perky personality seemed unchanged in the spirit world . |
| 16 | Typically , that part of the transmission seemed unaffected by the disruption . |
| 17 | The choice of film seemed appropriate on the day the simmering dispute boiled over with growing frustration and bitterness among the staff , many of whom attended the Clapham train disaster and are veterans of dealing with the aftermath of IRA bomb blasts . |
| 18 | Margaret Seymour-Strachey 's conventional bourgeois soul seemed shocked by the notion . |
| 19 | Looking back , the superintendent 's solution seemed obvious to the sergeant . |