Example sentences of "seem to be [prep] [art] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 The air was sweet with the smell of bread from the bakeries which seemed to be on every other street corner .
2 The country seemed to be on a knife-edge , with a minority government , the economy poised on the edge of collapse , and potential disorder in industrial relations , racial matters , and the affairs of the Celtic fringe .
3 Her fiancé seemed to be on a Cook 's tour of the Middle East , and she had a touching faith in my opinion as to his current safety .
4 Upstairs the old house seemed to be on a multitude of different levels , with steps up and down , unexpected recesses and windows , all of which had been given a character of their own , by a carefully chosen ornament or floral arrangement .
5 AT St James Park on Saturday just about everyone seemed to be on a winner .
6 Pockets of resistance still remained in 1922 , in Tambov , Siberia , Georgia , and Central Asia : seemingly safe areas , like the Smolensk and Kursk gubernii , were not as stable as they seemed to be on the surface .
7 SID , the German news agency , said : ‘ At a end of a hearing of which the DLV 's legal commission was out of its depth with the case and from the start seemed to be on the side of Krabbe , Breuer and Moller , there was a scandalous ruling . ’
8 Delaney and Forster exchanged quick , worried glances , for the man seemed to be on the verge of total derangement .
9 No one stepped forward , no one seemed to be on the lookout for a stranger and the other passengers quickly dispersed .
10 He was certainly an attractive man , with bright , smiling eyes and a face which always seemed to be on the point of laughter .
11 Much of the recorded research seemed to be on the ability ( or non-ability ) to distinguish different sounds or single words through the tactile sense , mainly with deaf children in mind .
12 Their idea seemed to be on the right track but the quantities of helium were never going to fill an airship .
13 He always seemed to be on the move …
14 It had been an indifferent season for the New York Yankees , the team he had followed faithfully for thirty years , and , at 4-I down to the Detroit Tigers with two innings left , defeat seemed to be on the cards for a third successive game .
15 I had flashes of recall so many times seemed to be on the verge of knowing who I really was .
16 The Vietnam War really appeared to be near its end , and the economy , shaken by the rise in world oil prices and the inflation produced by the war , seemed to be on the mend .
17 Her eyes seemed to be on the ceiling , watching them .
18 Trade unionism in the countryside seemed to be on the crest of a wave and the sense of exhilaration was increased when in 1920 the system of price guarantees and wages boards was extended into peacetime .
19 Just at the moment when the establishment figures on both sides of the Atlantic were talking about substantial cuts in military spending , when the role of the hawkish political leaders was being eclipsed , when the United States seemed to be floating away from its international role , and new self-confident Europe seemed to be on the verge of creation , Iraq invaded Kuwait .
20 But biography had perhaps peaked as the hardback genre , and travel writing , except by the acknowledged masters , seemed to be on the decline in bookshops .
21 Ana who was so sweet , so natural , seemed to be on the point of hysteria .
22 And the house no longer seemed to be on the defensive , she realised as she parked the car .
23 Every time she seemed to be on the verge of making some sort of breakthrough , new questions came up .
24 Over one last rise , and they were driving across a grassy boulder-strewn plateau which seemed to be on the top of the world .
25 At times we seemed to be on an unavoidable collision course with menacing sharp edged rocks , only to be swept clear by the current at the last minute .
26 The little girl seemed to be with a group , the carriage was dense with bulky figures , and I had the impression someone was trying to get her away from the window .
27 The coverage seemed to be for the exclusive benefit of the Tory Party .
28 During the period between the Fascist ascendancy of 1934 and the collapse of Mosley 's hopes in March 1937 , Joyce 's personal life had undergone a change which seemed to be for the better .
29 The sketches seemed to be of a great age , but over the surface of some of them were drawn in fresher colours smaller and more recent scenes , and rude forms of animals , such as the kangaroo , wallaby , porcupine , crocodile , etc . ’
30 Colonel Peter Young was a popular officer , well liked by everyone , always seemed to be of the same temperament , in action , or sitting at the bar in a country inn .
  Next page