Example sentences of "it seem [art] [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew quite a number of people who had gone into the Civil Service and it seemed a good thing to get into . ’ |
| 2 | Yes that you said it er Pat thought it seemed a good thing , the way you were saying it |
| 3 | The most frightening is rainforest destruction , and being a carpenter and joiner by trade anyway I have used many threatened species in my past and it seemed a good thing to start with . |
| 4 | It seemed a poor thing to have descended to . |
| 5 | It seemed a funny thing to bother about at the moment . |
| 6 | I thought it seemed a funny thing to do . |
| 7 | It seemed a silly thing to cheer about and Anna remained sitting on the floor until a group of older boys appeared with musical instruments which they took to a bank of seats at the far end . |
| 8 | Similarly , it seemed a natural thing when we began to have a coffee break in the middle of the service . |
| 9 | It seemed an odd thing for the general to possess . |
| 10 | It seemed an unnecessary thing to have with a harpsichord . |
| 11 | That she 'd done what she 'd done — made this Will , that is — not to spite him but because it seemed the right thing . |
| 12 | It seemed the right thing to do , though he could not have said why . |
| 13 | Schellenberg gasped , mainly because it seemed the right thing to do . |
| 14 | I learnt with someone else , did two years and then er that was an accident if you like that I got involved cos somebody wanted me to be involved and and it seemed the right thing at the time . |
| 15 | It seemed the only thing to do . |
| 16 | It seemed the only thing to do in face of what he said . |
| 17 | We had a date for this afternoon but when I heard about Francis it seemed the decent thing to postpone the arrangement . |
| 18 | I had always loved walking so it seemed the obvious thing to do . |
| 19 | I do n't live here , but it seemed the obvious thing to do . ’ |
| 20 | It seemed the natural thing to do . |
| 21 | It seemed the natural thing to do . |
| 22 | It seemed the natural thing to have him singing at the wedding . |
| 23 | ‘ Oh , well , as to that — it seemed the sensible thing if Rohan wanted to be master of La Tour Monchauzet . |
| 24 | ‘ Oh , yes , it seemed the very thing . |
| 25 | It seemed the safe thing to do . |
| 26 | We also use the word because it has the connotation that the information that we are concerned with is being transferred from environment to enterprise , actually to be used ( good heavens ! ) — by specific users in specific contexts for specific tasks , and is not being transferred just because it seems a nice thing to do . |
| 27 | It seems a logical thing to say if you fancy climbing a Munro , but apparently we are living a lie . |
| 28 | It seems a good thing that she should occupy herself with these children next door . |
| 29 | One of the attractions of swearing for a child is that it seems a grown-up thing to do . |
| 30 | ‘ It seems a heavy thing to steal , a bath , ’ I said . |