Example sentences of "seem to be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The high hopes for a new morality in Europe espoused by the Resistance movements , and which had included European union as a top priority , seemed to be dashed by the outbreak of the Cold War and the failure of the first postwar governments to include integration on their policy agendas . |
| 2 | We still had lively discussions about the books we read , although even the supply of those seemed to be drying up , and Tom was teaching Brian French . |
| 3 | But meeting Romano de Sciorto in the flesh seemed to be proving her wrong … |
| 4 | Later , while Rachel was checking supplies , Nina happened to mention that the new MO seemed to be proving more popular with the staff than the previous one had been , then added , ‘ Just as long as they do n't think he 's a soft touch and that they can come in here with a finger ache and think he 'll send them home . ’ |
| 5 | She compromised on the kitchen garden with prayers , which seemed to be heard because they reached the stable unobserved . |
| 6 | There was a slow sensuous laziness to his movements contradicted by the dangerously hard angles of his face , the flashing darkness of his eyes which no matter how covertly she looked at him seemed to be gazing at her . |
| 7 | He seemed to be gazing up at the night sky . |
| 8 | Events seemed to be slipping away , voices were welling from the inside and were poised to be audible . |
| 9 | His feelings of restlessness were compounded by the fact that his own work seemed to be slipping away from him . |
| 10 | For the first time ever , Glyn 's unruffled demeanour seemed to be slipping . |
| 11 | United took off Lee Nogan and brought on Mark Stein and just when the game seemed to be slipping from their grasp , they pulled back a vital goal through Martin Foyle . |
| 12 | He seemed to be counting and when he had finished he turned and reacted as Wexford had expected he would . |
| 13 | His lips seemed to be mouthing something , but Robert could not make out what it was . |
| 14 | Yet , only a few days ago , Labour 's campaign seemed to be swinging to victory . |
| 15 | In Cardiff , Karen KIng , manageress of Next , said : ‘ All the shops in the city seemed to be packed . |
| 16 | She was so proud of herself for getting that out , grinning wildly at the other woman , that Ruth could n't subject her to more and left them for the tennis courts while they unpacked the dusty Seat that seemed to be packed to the gunnels with baskets of clothes and packages . |
| 17 | Fate seemed to be steering my course , as in Theosophy I found what I was seeking . |
| 18 | It seemed to be operating from the back room of a house . |
| 19 | Until the recent repopulation of the countryside this last law , Law 4 , did n't seem to apply and Laws 2 and 5 seemed to be operating inexorably . |
| 20 | And abruptly , from what buried part of her muddled brain she had no idea , she found herself shaking her head , reaching out a hand which seemed to be operating on automatic pilot . |
| 21 | She seemed to be completing the check list . |
| 22 | It seemed to be calling to them and Carrie thought of fairy tales she had read — you looked back at something behind you and were caught in its spell ! |
| 23 | All the time I worked for him , he seemed to be calling me Hancock , Harris or Hopkins — Hockin , or more often Bruce , on the days he was less vague and preoccupied . |
| 24 | It seemed to be calling out to him , calling out to his feeling , his very being . |
| 25 | He seemed to be bound for such great things … |
| 26 | Lindsey found herself shaking hands with a tall , fair-haired young man and wondered if she had imagined the tension which seemed to be sparking between the two . |
| 27 | Only centimetres from his eyes and mouth , the hydra blurred and soaked up his voice so that he seemed to be shouting underwater . |
| 28 | He seemed to be shouting . |
| 29 | Justice , religious toleration and codification of the laws ; economic progress through internal colonization and a great variety of government measures ; intellectual life , above all through Frederick 's own example as a writer and the symbol of the Enlightenment enthroned — all these seemed to be served by his rule . |
| 30 | For example , he seemed to be advocating no advice from the teacher in a child 's selection of books . |