Example sentences of "it seemed impossible " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the eighteenth century it seemed impossible to build a barn without creating a work of art . |
| 2 | For a long time it seemed impossible to refer to Communists without using the words ‘ conspiracy ’ and ‘ sons of bitches ’ . |
| 3 | Oh , she did n't know what she meant , she must be going mad , it seemed impossible to think about anything in a straightforward way . |
| 4 | Gombrich sombrely recalled hearing about Auschwitz while working at the BBC Monitoring Service during the war : ‘ They claimed at that time — I remember that as if it were yesterday — they claimed that at least five million people had been killed , and I remember a colleague of mine coming to me to check this figure , because it seemed impossible . |
| 5 | It seemed impossible that , from such a large and fertile dossier , absolutely nothing had emerged . |
| 6 | There was so much snow that it seemed impossible that this was not the natural surface of the earth . |
| 7 | It seemed impossible that only a few hours before I had been happy in my cell at the aerodrome . |
| 8 | But always it seemed impossible that you would ever sit on the polished seat of a flushing lavatory again . |
| 9 | I determined that it should not happen again and it seemed impossible that it should for this time I should carry with me the foundation of happiness which I had found behind the wire . |
| 10 | When it seemed impossible to sink any lower , the team rose to the challenge and sputtered their way through a pitiful draw with Iran , in which an own goal saved them from defeat . |
| 11 | Bransby Cooper ( Sir Astley 's nephew ) who knew Coleman personally for many years , said it seemed impossible not to love one so agreeable , kind-hearted , and blessed with all those qualities which endear man to man . |
| 12 | At first it seemed impossible to cope with two employers with their contrasting attitudes towards money . |
| 13 | The hope persisted , though often it seemed impossible . |
| 14 | The early evening sun was warm on her face and the sky so clear and calm that it seemed impossible so beautiful a world could be at war ; that small , beautiful world that was Yeoman 's Lane , and Tingle 's Wood , through which it ran . |
| 15 | I was in no mood to write ; it seemed impossible . |
| 16 | But that had been seven months ago , a chill morning in mid-February , when the bushes which screened the canal walk from the neighbouring council estate had been tangled thickets of lifeless thorn ; when the branches of the ash trees had been black with buds so tight that it seemed impossible they could ever crack into greenness ; and the thin denuded wands of willow , drooping over the canal , had cut delicate feathers on the quickening stream . |
| 17 | It seemed impossible that the leopard could cross that open space , on which grew only a few clumps of coarse grass , without being seen . |
| 18 | It seemed impossible that anyone could survive in the middle of that storm of blades . |
| 19 | It seemed impossible that this might become a battlefield , and perhaps it would not , for Sharpe was already beginning to doubt what he had seen that same morning . |
| 20 | It seemed impossible that the French still hesitated . |
| 21 | A couple of decades ago , when Piper and Cessna were busy making light singles that were the first aircraft for the average pilot wherever he or she flew , it seemed impossible that anything could stop the domination of the American makers . |
| 22 | Nobody could dream that , you know , things that are in existence today , a hundred years ago , you know it was , it seemed impossible . |
| 23 | For girls who had delayed making their pregnancy public , at the time it seemed impossible to tell anyone , but afterwards they all wished that they had . |
| 24 | It seemed impossible then that Italy could ever recover from the damage it had suffered . |
| 25 | It seemed impossible to explain the similarities by similar learning experiences . |
| 26 | It seemed impossible that it had happened , but from his pocket he unwound the cord and let it dangle from his hand . |
| 27 | It seemed impossible . |
| 28 | It seemed impossible . |
| 29 | Her mouth slowly stirred under his and Jessamy knew she was making a big , big mistake , but it seemed impossible to stop . |
| 30 | How could she not have known she was in love with him ? she wondered — it seemed impossible to believe that she had looked at him , touched him , made love with him , and not known until yesterday . |