Example sentences of "it seem [adv] long " in BNC.

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1 It was over a year ago but it seemed even longer .
2 It was less than seventy-two hours since he had heard of the finding of Riddle 's clothes , but it seemed much longer .
3 It was less than a year ago , though it seemed far longer , that they had kept each other company at Ockham House during the long bleak hours it had taken Mary Ladram to die .
4 So much had happened since — the Marilyn Duxbody fiasco , the Hatherley trip , Pascoe 's death — that it seemed far longer .
5 I think it spoils it for children it makes them it seems too long for them they 're looking forward to Christmas .
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