Example sentences of "seem [to-vb] in [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But none of this is the essence of Mrs Thatcher 's problem which is rather that , on the essential questions of economic management , the government gives the impression either of having lost its momentum or of having decided that it must settle for something well short of what Mrs Thatcher seemed to promise in the way of reducing the size of the public sector and also the burden of taxation . |
| 2 | Beyond , the pampas seemed to swim in the midday heat . |
| 3 | On top of the thin dress she wore a brightly coloured , predominantly red , Chinese padded jacket ; it seemed to sparkle in the room 's dim lights . |
| 4 | Although not loud , her laugh seemed to reverberate in the room , destroying its solemnity . |
| 5 | The chief superintendent seemed to revel in the reprimand he issued to her . |
| 6 | Marc seemed to freeze in the act of bending his head . |
| 7 | But when it when a bill came up and it would take away the money that we 'd saved for Kelly 's new school uniform , so it always seemed to come in a rush and there was always something needed like you know . |
| 8 | The house seemed to stand in a field near the top of a hill , and they could see a long way . |
| 9 | The lesson seemed to pass in a flash . |
| 10 | Edouard came into her body with a feeling of shuddering release and the afternoon seemed to pass in a dream he had had , or she had had long before . |
| 11 | The rest of the room seemed to disappear in a blur as she looked into his face , seeing him as if she 'd never really seen him before . |
| 12 | Closer to his eye was a reflection of the kitchen , which seemed to hover in the darkness , a silent capsule , a moment from a time warp . |
| 13 | As the softly spoken syllables seemed to hover in the air around them with a soft moan he drew her fiercely against him , raining kisses on her face , making her shiver deliciously . |
| 14 | It looked like a red dome on top of the tiles , and the air around it seemed to waver in a haze of heat . |
| 15 | Palm trees and crescent-shaped dunes seemed to waver in the heat . |
| 16 | Miss Harker seemed to walk in a cloud of fragrance — even the air round her was somehow airier and lighter than anywhere else in the musty room . |
| 17 | But in spite of their hardness they seemed to vanish in no time . |
| 18 | His eyes seemed to glow in the darkness . |
| 19 | She led the way down a short and curving hall into the lounge — a rugged expanse of blue and gold that seemed to glow in the light admitted by three high windows . |
| 20 | One woman seemed to drift in a sea of amethyst and diamonds , they were all about her , in her hair , on her gown , even her shoes were decorated with flowers made of amethyst with a huge diamond as a centre piece . |
| 21 | His eyes seemed to draw in the light like two unreflecting pools and she was unable to tell whether she had dented his ego or not , but the patronising note that came into his voice hinted that she had somehow won that round . |
| 22 | It seemed to bow in the centre ; for one terrible second she thought that it was going to split . |
| 23 | She sipped her tea and her body seemed to sag in the chair . |
| 24 | I have said before how much that seemed to fly in the face of my own upbringing , but I am now slowly getting there . |
| 25 | These ratings seemed to vary in a way which was related to variables such as the amount of traffic present in the situation and estimated risk . |
| 26 | One quite serious limitation in the original selection of these authorities lay in the criterion for selection which seemed to rest in the main on those authorities whose drama advisers happened to be currently in favour with H.M.I . |
| 27 | The hoarse words were intended to come out as a joke , but instead they held a raw note of emotion which seemed to hang in the air between them . |
| 28 | Ajayi smiled and nodded , perhaps at the man , perhaps at the thin , wavering line of squares which seemed to hang in the air over the small circular table . |
| 29 | His flat statement seemed to hang in the air between them . |
| 30 | There was a moment of silence as their gazes locked , and his last sentence seemed to hang in the air , as if it had a meaning beyond the surface value of the words . |