Example sentences of "seem [to-vb] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They lasted all too shortly — maybe a fortnight or so — before they needed to be recharged , and they always seemed to fade at a crucial time , in the middle of your favourite programme . |
| 2 | Like writing , paintings seem to hint at a topsy-turvy world in which , so to speak , time 's arrow moves the other way . |
| 3 | Paul calls his children the Tribbles , after the small furry creatures that make strange cooing noises and seem to reproduce at an alarming rate . |
| 4 | Some of these changes seem to occur at an early stage of the neoplastic process . |
| 5 | DESPITE mounting general election fever political awareness seems to remain at a low ebb in Darlington . |
| 6 | To the massed spectators in the stands , flung in an instant from joyous acclaim of a Royal winner to horrified , dumbfounded silence , Devon Loch had seemed to leap at an imaginary obstacle before slithering to the ground and skidding along to a halt , the momentum throwing Francis up on to the horse 's neck . |