Example sentences of "it [vb past] seem [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet by now Battle Brothers were as mastiffs straining on the leash ; and it began to seem that the cadets might become Scouts in time to participate in the great endeavour , should they be so fortunate . |
| 2 | It began to seem that the entire storehouse was made up of substances which looked harmless and beautiful on the surface , but which changed and blurred and coalesced as you approached them . |
| 3 | Although similar requisitions were carried out on treasures in museums , it did seem that the state had finally decided to test the power of the Orthodox Church on a socially explosive question . |
| 4 | It did seem that the mother 's intrusion in quarrels led to more conflict over the longer term . |
| 5 | It did seem that the main force squadrons in other Groups had more casualties than we did , partly because they had to cope with fully awakened defences , gun and searchlight crews as well as fighters , after PFF had done their job , and perhaps also because they had a higher proportion of new , inexperienced crews who were usually the first to come to grief . |
| 6 | Once , it had seemed that the candle of her life would burn only till Christmas , and that it was towards that single point that she was spinning out the last hours of her life . |
| 7 | At first it had seemed that the damage was slight , just a lot of pain and some bruising , and even after X-rays had shown a number of broken bones there had still been no reason to suppose that he would n't heal . |
| 8 | Increasingly it had seemed that the only time Laura saw Ross was when he slid into bed at night , and would once again become the demanding and passionate lover she had married . |