Example sentences of "seem [adv] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ America ’ seemed constantly at risk . |
| 2 | Lynne Dawson , carrying the weight of solo work , never seemed entirely at ease , adding a frantic , nervy quality to even the stillest passages . |
| 3 | His companion seemed less at ease . |
| 4 | His gaze appeared to be fixed straight ahead , and he seemed utterly at peace with himself and his surroundings . |
| 5 | Prost seemed utterly at ease with the pressure being put on him . |
| 6 | German Michael Kahlfuss , in his much-ridiculed 600cc Trabant , seemed more at home in the land of Wordsworth and Wainwright . |
| 7 | Miklós wanted to know why the Scots seemed more at ease as British than the Irish . |
| 8 | He had always considered Sir John a portly , self-indulgent toper , but at this moment the coroner seemed more at ease , sword and dagger in his hands , fighting for his life , than he had at any time since they had met . |
| 9 | He wore a priest 's cassock and clerical collar and seemed perfectly at home in the sacristy at the back of the church to which he 'd taken me . |
| 10 | He seemed perfectly at ease as he faced her on the garden bench , and his wide blue eyes reflected a certain acceptance . |
| 11 | On this his wedding day he seemed strangely at peace . |
| 12 | One guest said : ‘ He seemed completely at ease after making his speech . |
| 13 | There is envy , but also fear , of westerners , who seem so at home with the intricacies of capital markets and proportional representation . |
| 14 | though they seem perfectly at home in the ‘ normal ’ Mbuna community , rocks and all . |
| 15 | Glasgow and Edinburgh cars , both dating from 1948 , seem quite at home in Fleetwood by the Parish Church during a tour in 1984 . |
| 16 | He seems most at home in the thick of a hectic scrap for victory . |
| 17 | The author seems most at ease when dealing with Farnese iconography , highly relevant particularly to an understanding of Caprarola 's interiors : conspicuously lacking is any enthusiasm for the aesthetic appeal of the art discussed . |
| 18 | The author seems more at home with that part of the study in which behavioural activities are interpreted by reference to models . |
| 19 | The car seems equally at home eating up motorway miles and nipping around a traffic-logged town . |
| 20 | She seems very at home in her skin . |