Example sentences of "it seem [prep] [pers pn] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed to me at the time that this fact did not square with claims that the Bible was inerrant . |
| 2 | It seemed to me at the time that the teachers of science at school , who had certainly shown themselves to be opposed to me were , if not actually off their trolleys , a trifle on the demented side and undoubtedly strangers to coolness . |
| 3 | Thus death has been ever close to me — so close that it seemed to me at times that I could reach out and touch it . |
| 4 | It seemed to me at the time that the Tanzanian Government feared that papers could be used as mouthpieces for dissident political groups anxious to advance their own positions . |
| 5 | It seemed to me at the time that I was doing something other than trying to keep myself warm . |
| 6 | The park had a few fairly large hills ( or so it seemed to me at the time ) topped by a castle , a lake with a river running through it and quite a few trees scattered here and there . |
| 7 | ‘ I can see how you might think it was insincere , but that was n't how it seemed to me at the time . |
| 8 | An ancient animal with 5 per cent of an eye might indeed have used it for something other than sight , but it seems to me at least as likely that it used it for 5 per cent vision . |
| 9 | The existence of economies of scale in family life ( bulk buying , spreading fixed costs , etc. ) means that , although two can not live as cheaply as one ( it seems to us at least ) , cohabitation means that a given per capita standard can be maintained for two at less than double the expenditure for one . |