Example sentences of "seem [to-vb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He crossed the room then slowly lowered himself to his knees before the great tablet , conscious of how the gold leaf of the Ywe Lung seemed to flow in the wavering light of the candles ; how the red lacquer of the background seemed to burn . |
| 2 | But none of this is the essence of Mrs Thatcher 's problem which is rather that , on the essential questions of economic management , the government gives the impression either of having lost its momentum or of having decided that it must settle for something well short of what Mrs Thatcher seemed to promise in the way of reducing the size of the public sector and also the burden of taxation . |
| 3 | The moon was high overhead — a bright , full moon that seemed to float in the dark mirror of the water . |
| 4 | Beyond , the pampas seemed to swim in the midday heat . |
| 5 | On top of the thin dress she wore a brightly coloured , predominantly red , Chinese padded jacket ; it seemed to sparkle in the room 's dim lights . |
| 6 | Although not loud , her laugh seemed to reverberate in the room , destroying its solemnity . |
| 7 | The chief superintendent seemed to revel in the reprimand he issued to her . |
| 8 | Marc seemed to freeze in the act of bending his head . |
| 9 | He too had been influenced by Lyell , and as early as 1855 had published a paper commenting on the fact that new species always seemed to appear in the same neighbourhood as a closely related existing species . |
| 10 | Closer to his eye was a reflection of the kitchen , which seemed to hover in the darkness , a silent capsule , a moment from a time warp . |
| 11 | As the softly spoken syllables seemed to hover in the air around them with a soft moan he drew her fiercely against him , raining kisses on her face , making her shiver deliciously . |
| 12 | Palm trees and crescent-shaped dunes seemed to waver in the heat . |
| 13 | She led the way down a short and curving hall into the lounge — a rugged expanse of blue and gold that seemed to glow in the light admitted by three high windows . |
| 14 | Her long blonde hair , freshly washed , seemed to glow in the dull light from the chandeliers . |
| 15 | They seemed to glow in the flickering green-gold gold light , as if embraced by a holy nimbus . |
| 16 | Around her neck , the white-on-white semi-circle of scar tissue seemed to glow in the dim light , like something itself luminous . |
| 17 | Kenilworth was very different from Warwick ; a great red sandstone ruin that almost seemed to glow in the curious half-light as the storm clouds rolled nearer . |
| 18 | His eyes seemed to glow in the darkness . |
| 19 | His eyes seemed to draw in the light like two unreflecting pools and she was unable to tell whether she had dented his ego or not , but the patronising note that came into his voice hinted that she had somehow won that round . |
| 20 | She forced it up and down , just as they seemed to do in the movies . |
| 21 | It seemed to bow in the centre ; for one terrible second she thought that it was going to split . |
| 22 | She sipped her tea and her body seemed to sag in the chair . |
| 23 | I have said before how much that seemed to fly in the face of my own upbringing , but I am now slowly getting there . |
| 24 | One quite serious limitation in the original selection of these authorities lay in the criterion for selection which seemed to rest in the main on those authorities whose drama advisers happened to be currently in favour with H.M.I . |
| 25 | The hoarse words were intended to come out as a joke , but instead they held a raw note of emotion which seemed to hang in the air between them . |
| 26 | Ajayi smiled and nodded , perhaps at the man , perhaps at the thin , wavering line of squares which seemed to hang in the air over the small circular table . |
| 27 | His flat statement seemed to hang in the air between them . |
| 28 | That last dangerous statement seemed to hang in the sunlit air between them for a very long time . |
| 29 | There was a moment of silence as their gazes locked , and his last sentence seemed to hang in the air , as if it had a meaning beyond the surface value of the words . |
| 30 | The sentence seemed to hang in the still air with the thin grey smoke escaping from his lips . |