Example sentences of "it had seem [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Brazil it had seemed easy to rush straight back into Tess 's loving arms whenever he chose to forgive her . |
| 2 | To Wilson , it had seemed all of a piece , all part of her own unhappiness , of that weary feeling that nothing mattered , nothing , no amount of effort could alter what was to happen . |
| 3 | It had seemed such a marvellous idea at the time , to leave behind her northern home town , the scene of all her unhappy memories , and to apply for the job Caro had just vacated , to take over Caro 's lease . |
| 4 | It had seemed such an easy , splendid gesture . |
| 5 | One surprising aspect of the recall results was that they did not seem to be related to previous knowledge of the junctions , it had seemed possible that even simple junctions would be memorable if they had not been previously encountered . |
| 6 | So it had seemed better all round that they should go . |
| 7 | It had seemed right and touching that verbal arrangements had not been necessary ; but now I could n't help wishing we had spoken about it , and he had said , " Dearest , it shall be the climax of our wonderful holiday , and when I come home … " |
| 8 | It had seemed right , not important to be his forever . |
| 9 | It had seemed right in that split second ; now she wished with all her heart that she had n't done it . |
| 10 | He had chosen this world , Minginish , out of all the others he could have thought up because it had seemed good to him . |
| 11 | But she had eaten it , and with the delicious taste still lingering on her palate it had seemed ungrateful to cross-question him . |
| 12 | Such an imaginative concept , involving the realisation that the earth is a dynamic planet , made geology a much more attractive and stimulating subject than it had seemed earlier , and many more graduates wanted to pursue careers in such an exciting field . |
| 13 | Writing ( reviews , letters , short articles , jingles — it is almost immaterial ) always improves your writing , always cajoles the writing voice into life again , when it had seemed dead . |
| 14 | But when the morning came it had seemed disgraceful to pretend illness and let everybody down . |
| 15 | Indeed , at the end of October it had seemed unlikely that there would be any contest at all , even with a ‘ stalking horse ’ candidate as had occurred in 1989 . |
| 16 | Tarvaras was a quarantine world , cut off from contact with the rest of the universe by orbiting weapons platforms which were programmed to destroy any craft which did not identify itself with the appropriate recognition codes , and it had seemed unlikely that the civilian survey crew would be tempted to break the stringent regulations which applied to the situation . |
| 17 | So it had seemed sensible for Ross to have his old bedroom , while she 'd been far too weary to care where she slept . |