Example sentences of "[adv] seemed [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Short , fashionably cut brown hair only seemed to give added emphasis to her thin features , deepening the shadows beneath her eyes . |
| 2 | He gained a reputation as the Buster Keaton of the cricket world , a man who rarely seemed to have any expression on his face and who was not one for the excited cavortings that greet the fall of a wicket ; yet behind the mask a good deal of thought was given to his bowling , and he was liked and respected by his fellow players . |
| 3 | Nithard already seemed to sense that bond . |
| 4 | The challenge to the forces of tradition grew stronger , but it no longer seemed to imply social upheaval . |
| 5 | The phenomenal rise in venereal diseases and the performance of abortions ‘ for social reasons ’ were two of the unintended consequences of sexual hedonism which nevertheless seemed to have little effect on sexual behaviour . |
| 6 | A few minutes before the start of the service , the girl s from three of the Godolphin Boarding Houses would arrive under the eagle eyes of several mistresses , who always seemed to wear stern expressions . |
| 7 | Health information was broadcast by a much-loved Radio Doctor , whose down-to-earth advice always seemed to contain some reference to bowels . |
| 8 | But whereas Oldman always seemed to have mainstream Hollywood in his sights . |
| 9 | Erm , I do n't know how they live , yet they always seemed to have enough money you know . |
| 10 | Mind you , Richard Hannay in John Buchan 's The Thirty-Nine Steps planned his route because people were trying both to kill him and lock him up , and he still seemed to have some fun . |
| 11 | The seemingly boundless confidence of Mr Milosevic and his allies was not unconnected with the fact that until 1991 most of the rest of the world still seemed to reject any loosening of the bonds — controlled by the Serbs — that kept the existing Yugoslavia together . |
| 12 | Workers had rallied enthusiastically to the Soviet , and soldiers in the capital also seemed to have more faith in it than in the Duma leaders . |
| 13 | He often seemed to have strange ideas about singers . |
| 14 | Far from wanting students to challenge and think about the important issues that affect patients and the community , the course tutors simply seemed to want compliant students who would not answer back . |
| 15 | In such a climate it seems even more suitable to pursue the creation of a radical , insider ethnography and in the not too distant past this even seemed to have official support . |
| 16 | It was an appealing idea because it at least seemed to offer some sort of progression to the work at a time when there was little or nothing written about coherent development in drama . |
| 17 | Next to the court was Mr. Stone 's Grocery Shop which never seemed to do much trade — it opened late and closed early — the stock was limited so few people patronised it . |
| 18 | Paula certainly never seemed to encounter such problems . |
| 19 | The only wooden stairs that never seemed to make any noise were those inch-thick slabs in modern public buildings ; house stairs always took pleasure in announcing to everybody what you were doing . |
| 20 | We never seemed to have much trouble anyway . |
| 21 | He was a legit , braceleted , but he never seemed to have any money , and somehow he seemed to avoid the gangs , legit and illegit , that roamed the upper Levels . |
| 22 | ‘ One of the reasons you went to the cinema when I was a teenager was to pick up girls , but I never seemed to have any luck . |
| 23 | Sammy slept under the navigator 's table and never seemed to have any reaction to the gyration of the aircraft or the attention of the natives with their flak and fighters outside . |
| 24 | Poor old Finland they never seemed to get many points did they ? |
| 25 | Though his downy feathers were beginning to strengthen , he felt weak and vulnerable , for he never seemed to get enough food , or be able to beat off the brutal and painful pecks of his sibling from whom , by some ancient lore of eagles , his parents did not protect him . |
| 26 | But he was glad to have them because they too seemed to offer some assurance that Amy would stay . |
| 27 | He too seemed to feel some sense of strain , for he was too busy avoiding people to talk to her much ; when he trod , helplessly , for the fifth time upon her foot , she stopped still , and said to him , lightly , and with a sense of great daring , |
| 28 | The missing don certainly seemed to inspire strong passions , Loretta reflected . |
| 29 | He certainly seemed to strike few chords with Class 1 . |