Example sentences of "seem like the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aside from the fact that she had n't slept well last night , she was not a ‘ morning person ’ as a rule , and half-past five — even in summer — seemed like the middle of the night . |
| 2 | The noises that came from the rooms on either side seemed like the sound-track of a film that everyone in the hotel was playing , a film in which various people were constantly ambushed , or tortured , or — in joy — found God . |
| 3 | The people of Ghana appear to have taken this development calmly , but for White liberal friends of Ghana this seemed like the parting of the ways . |
| 4 | This part of West London seemed like the country to me , with none of the disadvantages , no cows or farmers . |
| 5 | Ferd seemed like the kind of creature who would know about leaping out at folks . |
| 6 | The thought of the hotel seemed like the mirage of an oasis , something always just out of reach . |
| 7 | It seemed like the thing to do . |
| 8 | ‘ Seemed like the thing to do . ’ |
| 9 | High Row , Darlington , on an overcast Monday and it seemed like the town 's electorate had decided to move lock , stock and barrel somewhere else . |
| 10 | If my memory serves me correctly , the very first public outing of the very first public train resulted in a fatality , and one at a mere 12 mph , though doubtless this seemed like the speed of light at the time . |
| 11 | It seemed like the end of an era for licensed dealers . |
| 12 | Well it seemed like the morning of everybody was using it , they use them to cook . |
| 13 | The stairs seem like the north face of the Eiger , the temperature sheer hell . |
| 14 | And they all jump on me from great heights till corns on my hand seem like the fringe benefits of delirious joy . |
| 15 | His apparent rejection of her seems like the rejection of all mankind . |
| 16 | It seems like the pilot had a problem or he would n't haved effected that manoeuvere . |
| 17 | THE UNMADE BED by Franoise Sagan Allison & Busby , £6.99 HAILED as a highly important and compulsively readable novel when it was first published in 1978 , The Unmade Bed now seems like the work of a minor novelist at the end of her tether . |
| 18 | ‘ Seems like the business is going well . ’ |
| 19 | In Edinburgh , where the Edinburgh Typographical Society heaved a sigh of relief when the Caledonian Press failed in 1865 , that must have seemed like the end of the matter . |
| 20 | I imagine it must seem like the blink of an eye to a ghost , do n't you ? ’ |
| 21 | They took comfort from its changing face , which made it seem like the heart-throb of the area . |
| 22 | In any case , with her languidly top-drawer vowels and spaced-out grandeur , Morag Hood makes Vivien seem like the kind of woman who would find it taxing enough cutting the tape on the new ward , let alone fighting to keep the old ones open . |
| 23 | Now , that might seem like the kind of high falutin ’ ideology to which most businesses aspire . |
| 24 | If you make the wrong decision it may seem like the end of the word , but it is not — it can always be put right by moving again ! |
| 25 | This might seem like the end of a successful story , but far from it ! |
| 26 | Even under vastly different social conditions there are striking continuities between the violent interruptions to pre-industrial fairs and festivals , and the customary eruptions during modern Bank Holidays or the weekly carnival of misrule at contemporary football games — where the football rowdy , with his territorial edginess , mascots , emblems and choral arrangements in the ‘ rough music ’ tradition , must seem like the incarnation of the unruly apprentice , or the late Victorian ‘ Hooligan ’ . |
| 27 | Fran smiled , her face aching from the effort it cost to make the lie seem like the truth . |
| 28 | A fully fitted kitchen at a bargain price may seem like the answer to your dreams , but there could be a catch . |