Example sentences of "but it seem a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she could have walked it in five minutes , then the cab should have done it in less , but it seemed a long five minutes before it stopped again and the cab driver opened the door , saying , ‘ Here we are then , lass . ’ |
| 2 | But it seemed a long time . |
| 3 | I designed the itinerary , of course , for high political resonance , but it seemed a good idea to take in beautiful towns and routes . |
| 4 | God knows why , because I was n't entertaining and I never went in pubs , but it seemed a good idea at the time . |
| 5 | How the British depended on tea — but it seemed a good idea . |
| 6 | The thought did come to his mind a week or so later that she might have been in love with him , but it seemed a ludicrous idea as well as self-congratulatory , and he put it by . |
| 7 | Video re-runs hinted that Dowie had impeded a defender thus giving Quinn the necessary space but it seemed a harsh decision . |
| 8 | But it seems a small number of former workers may still fight on in industrial tribunals . |
| 9 | It 's probably only a you know a matter of seconds but it seems a long time . |
| 10 | Farmers in the past , just as now have had to weigh their goods somewhere , but it seems a curious activity to carry out in the middle of a field and down through quite a number of generations ( the weights span at least two centuries ) . |
| 11 | But it seems a tremendous victory . |