Example sentences of "seem so [adj] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first they seemed so close together as to form an impassable barrier , but as they drew nearer it became clear that they were several yards apart . |
| 2 | The fears that had driven him to race frantically out to the Lock seemed so ridiculous now that he could not help making a joke out of them , and himself . |
| 3 | At the start of chapter 16 we are reminded of it again , and things seem so hopeless now that Sarah urges Abraham to have a child by her Egyptian maid , Hagar . |
| 4 | I gagged and glanced at the two bald-pated twins : they did n't seem so terrible now but rather pathetic . |
| 5 | Her rats-tail hair did n't seem so bad suddenly and in the firelight she was quite pretty . |