Example sentences of "seem to be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | But meeting Romano de Sciorto in the flesh seemed to be proving her wrong … |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He seemed to be gazing up at the night sky . |
| 6 | Events seemed to be slipping away , voices were welling from the inside and were poised to be audible . |
| 7 | His feelings of restlessness were compounded by the fact that his own work seemed to be slipping away from him . |
| 8 | For the first time ever , Glyn 's unruffled demeanour seemed to be slipping . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He seemed to be counting and when he had finished he turned and reacted as Wexford had expected he would . |
| 11 | His lips seemed to be mouthing something , but Robert could not make out what it was . |
| 12 | Yet , only a few days ago , Labour 's campaign seemed to be swinging to victory . |
| 13 | Fate seemed to be steering my course , as in Theosophy I found what I was seeking . |
| 14 | It seemed to be operating from the back room of a house . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | She seemed to be completing the check list . |
| 18 | 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 ! |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It seemed to be calling out to him , calling out to his feeling , his very being . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Only centimetres from his eyes and mouth , the hydra blurred and soaked up his voice so that he seemed to be shouting underwater . |
| 23 | He seemed to be shouting . |
| 24 | For example , he seemed to be advocating no advice from the teacher in a child 's selection of books . |
| 25 | NOT long ago Germany 's insurance industry seemed to be sinking under a Gallic invasion . |
| 26 | You seemed to be sinking lower and lower . |
| 27 | ‘ It was all mixed up , ’ said Algernon who seemed to be appointing himself ad hoc detective . |
| 28 | But Ben could n't see what she seemed to be seeing — one moment a piece of shabby pewter , the next something that poured with sighing light . |
| 29 | Thomas seemed to be seeing things through the wrong end of a telescope . |
| 30 | Jenna managed her usual smile , but the letter seemed to be controlling her , burning a hole in her pocket , and , for once , she wanted to get rid of Shirley fast . |