Example sentences of "it seemed impossible [that] " in BNC.

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1 It seemed impossible that , from such a large and fertile dossier , absolutely nothing had emerged .
2 There was so much snow that it seemed impossible that this was not the natural surface of the earth .
3 It seemed impossible that only a few hours before I had been happy in my cell at the aerodrome .
4 But always it seemed impossible that you would ever sit on the polished seat of a flushing lavatory again .
5 I determined that it should not happen again and it seemed impossible that it should for this time I should carry with me the foundation of happiness which I had found behind the wire .
6 It seemed impossible that the leopard could cross that open space , on which grew only a few clumps of coarse grass , without being seen .
7 It seemed impossible that anyone could survive in the middle of that storm of blades .
8 It seemed impossible that this might become a battlefield , and perhaps it would not , for Sharpe was already beginning to doubt what he had seen that same morning .
9 It seemed impossible that the French still hesitated .
10 A couple of decades ago , when Piper and Cessna were busy making light singles that were the first aircraft for the average pilot wherever he or she flew , it seemed impossible that anything could stop the domination of the American makers .
11 It seemed impossible that it had happened , but from his pocket he unwound the cord and let it dangle from his hand .
12 He had been frightened somewhere in a tight locked-up place inside him because it seemed impossible that they would land safely , and the final swaying descent had made him ill .
13 It seemed to Maggie that the whole place was almost hanging in the air because it seemed impossible that such slender columns could hold such intricate , lacy arches and ornate ceilings .
14 Its population was expanding so fast that it seemed impossible that food production could keep pace with it .
15 It seemed impossible that in a few short days her life could have changed so dramatically and fundamentally , and she told Rohan so .
16 It seemed impossible that she could have fallen in love so swiftly and completely , especially when she 'd managed to remain heart-whole quite effortlessly all this time .
17 It seemed impossible that anyone could endure such pain for so long , but at last the doors of the Renault slammed and there was comparative silence .
18 She loved him , so much that it seemed impossible that she had lived her life this long without him , impossible that he could n't know it from her response .
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