Example sentences of "seem as [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet he was such a skilful flyer that to an American of the Lafayette Squadron it seemed as if a plane obeyed his thoughts rather than the controls , and at Verdun alone he shot down six German aircraft and a balloon . |
| 2 | She spread hay over him for warmth , but it seemed as if the fever would shake him to pieces . |
| 3 | At the time it seemed as if the government had crushed the nationalist movement by locking up its leaders for life . |
| 4 | It seemed as if the Führer was right yet again , and that the end of the Russian campaign was only a few weeks away . |
| 5 | For a time it seemed as if the Everqueen of Avelorn was lost and the realm with her . |
| 6 | Then , just when Rachel was feeling she wanted it to go on forever , this exciting masquerade between the two of them where it seemed as if the rest of the world did n't exist , she found herself beside Danny who began stuttering and waving his arms , obviously trying to tell her something . |
| 7 | It seemed as if the phone itself was in paroxysm , all squawk and splat like a cabby 's radio . |
| 8 | It seemed as if the end of the world had come . |
| 9 | Surprisingly little drink was enough to intoxicate him but it seemed as if the wine released the power in him . |
| 10 | It seemed as if the woman in the adjacent chair had shuffled herself closer . |
| 11 | Not so long ago it seemed as if the world was to divide into three main trading blocks : the EC based around the West German economy ; a Northern American block based around the US-Canadian free trade area , and a Pacific unit incorporating the Asian tigers with Japan and the yen at the centre . |
| 12 | It seemed as if the world had stopped to listen . |
| 13 | Still looking down , it seemed as if the pattern of squares was moving . |
| 14 | At the end of September it seemed as if the monsoon was drawing to a close . |
| 15 | ‘ But truly , after Isabelle 's departure , it often seemed as if the family had been cursed . ’ |
| 16 | When the coin flipped over , it seemed as if the punishment would be never-ending . |
| 17 | It seems as if a disillusionment , the communists are trying you know , trying policies |
| 18 | Looking back , it almost seems as if a policy of ‘ build 'em up , knock 'em down ’ was being formally instituted . |
| 19 | The clay tablets of the Knossos temple archive record such large quantities of produce that it seems as if the temple was at the very centre of the organization of the Minoan economy . |
| 20 | It seems as if the reason that IBM UK Ltd could n't get any cash from its parent to bail it out at the end of last year and reportedly was told to go factor its receivables , is that IBM Corp was too busy bailing out IBM Deutschland GmbH . |
| 21 | It seems as if the reason that IBM UK Ltd could n't get any cash from its parent to bail it out at the end of last year and reportedly was told to go factor its receivables , is that IBM Corp was too busy bailing out IBM Deutschland GmbH . |
| 22 | It seems as if the impulse for the production of avant-gardist gestures has receded rapidly into the past . |
| 23 | It seems as if the time has come for you to bring this side of life to the fore , and even without your co-operation other people will persuade you that being independent does not mean being alone . |
| 24 | It seems as if the Opposition flounder almost every day in their responses to the charges and questions that we put to them , and I very much hope that they will clarify their position on national insurance charges on high and not so high incomes — and on whether any increases will be phased in . |
| 25 | At the beginning of the thirties it must have seemed as if the world was opening up at an astonishing rate , but by the end of the decade it had closed to all but those on active military service . |
| 26 | He 'll try to make it seem as if the change — the strengthening of their position — comes from within the Ping Tiao . ’ |
| 27 | For men , it can seem as if the reverse is true . |
| 28 | The repetitive , uniform appearance of the soldier-like trees made it seem as if the car was scarcely moving , and their silent , gloomy shade gradually eased the tension created inside the Citron by the earlier near-accident . |
| 29 | She will recognize your being , and it may seem as if the light she is shining is a cold one at times . |