Example sentences of "seem a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Incautiously taking what seemed a marvellous idea from a friend , the notion of two people who each wished to get rid of someone swapping victims , he discovered when his book was written that this was precisely the plot for a novel by Patricia Highsmith , Stranger on a Train , which neither he nor his friend knew of . |
| 2 | Perhaps it was the effect of the enchanted drink , but he suddenly knew that what had made him hesitate before , her social rank , now seemed a ridiculous objection . |
| 3 | Her body was drenched in what then seemed a subtle perfume , a human spice . |
| 4 | For the first time the house seemed a frail defence against all that beat around it . |
| 5 | Crabby 's science of dates and sums and writing seemed a typical invention of her own … prison labour like picking oakum or sewing sacks . ’ |
| 6 | She seemed a typical product of her upper-middle-class background in Westchester County . |
| 7 | He seemed a useful source where Dysart 's Oxford days were concerned . |
| 8 | It seemed a useful line to follow . |
| 9 | She had so much wanted to be fancied , it seemed a cruel blow to think that if it ever happened it might only be by someone as awful as Sean Walsh . |
| 10 | Having walked up and down the river there seemed a simple choice between bleak in the top section and an all out feeder attack on the others . |
| 11 | It seemed a simple system when I got to know it , but wondered what it was all about , with chaps standing in different places and shouting and bawling where they wanted this waggon that was being pushed off , as he came running without the train they diverted it into siding , you see , sorting out a train . |
| 12 | To most Victorians , truth seemed a simple matter , only confused by people like Pontius Pilate , of conformity to facts . |
| 13 | Joseph Hucks now seemed a poor companion in comparison with Coleridge 's new Oxford friend , and as the two men walked on under a blazing sun , first to Gloucester — ‘ a nothing-to-be-said about Town ’ — and then to Ross-on-Wye , Coleridge 's thoughts returned constantly to the substance of his conversations with Southey . |
| 14 | Mr Crowden told them of the terms of the will and suggested that Violet 's legacy seemed a poor reward and that it might be improved . |
| 15 | But just because I did n't learn to sail as a kid seemed a poor reason for not having a go now . |
| 16 | It seemed a poor thing to have descended to . |
| 17 | It seemed a sad story to Carrie . |
| 18 | What at first seemed a mere tangle of black and white soon resolved itself . |
| 19 | But to her heart , already sore and aching from Alexander , this new blow , by comparison , seemed a mere trifle . |
| 20 | All seemed a rough stab until later , when she claimed to ‘ see ’ the dog putting its paw on a red ball . |
| 21 | To me , remembering the extraordinary deaths of Katharine and Primrose , in bed together with a copy of Trine 's In Tune with the Infinite open between them , this seemed a masterly understatement . |
| 22 | It seemed a comforting sound now , as if the mountain had grown friendly towards her . |
| 23 | She had been so busy with her dress house in Rome , coping with her designer , planning for the future and ensuring that everyone in the business was kept happy — each of which seemed a full-time job in itself — that she had hardly had time to spare for her three children , let alone her mother . |
| 24 | Anyway , when Alan suggested that he should set up in practice here it seemed a splendid idea . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ It seemed a fascinating lifestyle , ’ she told detectives . |
| 26 | It seemed a right time , a right moment to ask Shama another question which had been haunting me . |
| 27 | Because she seemed a nice woman and had had a nice mother , with whom she seemed to get on well . |
| 28 | He seemed a sinister character with his long snout and bony body , alert , watchful , suspicious . |
| 29 | Naturally , the finish judges had to be consulted , and after what seemed a prolonged pow-wow , they came up with an answer . |
| 30 | Believe me , the sombre atmosphere of that place seemed a living thing which clutched the heart and dulled the spirit . |