Example sentences of "which [vb past] [adv] seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | The day after the declaration , which did not seem at first to be being taken seriously in Washington , Gen Noriega 's troops escalated the crisis into a confrontation . |
| 2 | Upstairs , Fleury had taken the pistol to pieces ( as far as it could be taken to pieces which did not seem to be very far ) and put it together again . |
| 3 | She wore a light silk dress and thin shoes , which did not seem at all suitable for a long walk in the snow . |
| 4 | Greg was uncertain how to respond to this addendum , which did not seem to be addressed to him . |
| 5 | Mrs Grandison , the mother of Sophia and Penelope , had the remains of her daughters ' Pre-Raphaelite beauty , now much faded and overlaid with some other quality , which had made her the President of the Women 's Institute in the village where she lived but which did not seem to be quite Pre-Raphaelite . |
| 6 | Apart from that , I do not think that I learned a great deal from Conservative Members ' contributions to the debate — except , perhaps , that the hon. Member for Chelmsford ( Mr. Burns ) , who is not noted for his breadth of vision , does not like Labour councillors , which did not seem to me to advance the argument very much . |
| 7 | Perhaps nothing , but as she waited for money which did n't seem to be coming , it was fairly certain the crash was going to mean something . |
| 8 | But the films had strange names which did n't seem to Dot to mean anything . |
| 9 | He also liked Rufus 's occasional sensitivity , which did n't seem to go with the other aspects of his personality . |
| 10 | I told Michael what he wanted to hear , pretty much , without actually promising anything , because I could tell he was going to make it easy for me He was falling asleep on my shoulder When he did , I slipped out from under him , picked up his sexy uniform , which did n't seem quite so sexy any more , and took his glider key off the chain Then I got dressed quick , holding the key in my teeth , and then I went over to the kite , but I must have made a noise ; because Michael woke up I looked back and saw him putting both feet in one leg of his trousers , calling my name , trying to back out of it |
| 11 | ‘ You 're the English male , ’ she 'd said , which did n't seem worth denying . |
| 12 | When you were home — which did n't seem to be very often ! — you did n't want to listen . |
| 13 | She eventually found the River Boyne , which , according to the map , ran near Slane — which was probably a lie , she decided after making numerous unlooked-for detours because the map did n't seem to bear any relation to the roads , which did n't seem to be signposted — except for one that explained where the famous battle had taken place . |
| 14 | But just as man 's dates were being pushed back , there came an unhappy interaction between geology and physics , again two sciences which had not seemed to have a common frontier . |
| 15 | The Doctor 's voice , which had briefly seemed to come from the air all around , returned to a cheerier norm . |
| 16 | The north-western suburbs , which had previously seemed a haven , came under attack in the latest fighting . |
| 17 | Public utility societies and cooperative schemes , which had previously seemed to offer perfectly viable means of providing housing , were discounted in favour of housing by local authorities . |
| 18 | A few evenings on this field , which had previously seemed barren , produced : crotal and rumbler bones ; medieval and Georgian buckles ; fifty copper coins ( 17th to 19th century ) ; buttons , a 17th century spoon ; a piece of 18th century watch fob ; and the smallest barrel lock that I have ever seen . |
| 19 | Like the natural system in botany , Mendeleev 's Table seemed to show how the elements really were related ; and as a teaching aid in a part of chemistry which had previously seemed to depend simply on memory , it was a boon . |
| 20 | They passed lock-up stores , splendid Georgian terraces , and the stern front of St Mary 's Church with its massive columns which had always seemed to Boxer like the fingers of an upraised hand ordering him to halt , enter and say a prayer . |
| 21 | There had been one or two Earth stories of how warriors going into battle had gone shoulder to shoulder , which had always seemed a rather odd expression , but which suddenly made sense . |
| 22 | Or did his advice derive from the crooked workings of a twisted kind of covetousness — perhaps the kind prohibited by the Ninth Commandment , Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour 's wife , which had always seemed superfluous after the Sixth . |
| 23 | The height , which had before seemed merely daunting , now looked terrifying . |
| 24 | But such is the treacherous role of the trade union leadership that the victory over Grunwick management which had once seemed so near is now likely never to be realised . |
| 25 | He was content to give himself up to the occasion , similar to others he had described in his own books but none of which had ever seemed to possess the colour , the noise , the smell , the sheer vibrancy that was before him now . |