Example sentences of "seemed [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps — it had seemed for a short while — she herself might leave him . |
| 2 | Sailing has always seemed like a decent way of spending time to me . |
| 3 | Max 's conversion must have seemed like a second betrayal . |
| 4 | It had once seemed like a reasonable strategy for a loner : live cheap , move around , invest everything and then cut loose while still young and really start to live . |
| 5 | SPAIN 'S five years in the European Community have seemed like a long honeymoon . |
| 6 | ‘ This may have seemed like a good idea when the rink was being built because it should give long term durability , but when a problem like this arises then the whole rink has to be closed and dug up . |
| 7 | More recently ‘ The Little Red Province ’ might have seemed like a positive reference to the ideological orientation of the area . |
| 8 | To put it on the slide and send it into the flames had seemed like a bitter , bitter joke . |
| 9 | Killing Chant had seemed like a wise manoeuvre at the time — and , of course , an agreeable diversion on a night without a show to go to — but Dowd had n't predicted the furore it would cause . |
| 10 | Even the article in the local paper had seemed on a quick glance through earlier to be all right . |