Example sentences of "and [pers pn] seem [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I seem likely to be busy for a little while unfortunately ! |
| 2 | You came in though and you seemed all agitated |
| 3 | ‘ Given that you ca n't give it up , and you seem unable to scrub round it at present , ’ said Francis , ‘ what exactly have you got ? |
| 4 | Her name was Mrs Dempster , and she seemed pleasant and eager to please her new master . |
| 5 | There was a catch in Anne 's voice and she seemed close to tears . |
| 6 | He blew nearly a pound on a taxi to get them home in comfort , and she seemed glad to hold his hand . |
| 7 | And she seemed flustered when I demanded to know where she 'd been when I 'd been gassed right next to the ship . |
| 8 | Butch looked beautiful — a cauldron of youth and health — and she seems docile enough at this stage . |
| 9 | ‘ And we seem disposed now to frame our laws as if everybody were alike innocent . ’ |
| 10 | Years ago I used to do isometric exercises because they did n't make me puff and they seemed easy . |
| 11 | There are teenage cousins in the local schools and obviously there is plenty of contact and company and they seem close as a family . |
| 12 | There does n't seem to be any inflammation or mucus and they seem healthy . |
| 13 | Sadly , nothing much has changed and they seem stuck in the same low level ‘ Well , at least we 've got a bit of a student following ’ rut . |
| 14 | I told him I 'd heard that , and he seemed pleased . |
| 15 | He does not consider it necessary to examine the patients who consult him , and he seemed unaware that he might be failing to detect serious conditions , symptoms of which a patient might erroneously have associated with diet . |
| 16 | The house was huge , and he seemed lost in it . |
| 17 | They found him in robust mood , " his morale seemed higher than at Eighth Army HQ " and he seemed confident that he could " maintain " the " uneasy position " in Venezia Giulia " for several weeks if necessary , while negotiations proceed and decisions are taken on a government level " . |
| 18 | He was drunker now , a definite sway , but his stance too , and he seemed bigger , thicker , so that Anton was trapped , like baited , as netted as a fish or a bird . |
| 19 | ‘ And he seemed such a gentleman ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ And he seemed such a nice young man , ’ said Ianthe helplessly , for by what standards was one to judge the kind of person who might be allowed to take a book out of the library if not by the usual ones of manner , speech , dress , and general demeanour ? |
| 21 | He stopped , and he seemed relieved . |
| 22 | She was , he said , bad-tempered , a snob , and he seemed afraid of her — she had obviously married him ! |
| 23 | He was wearing a tea towel all right , but Lawrence was a funny name for an Arab and he seemed confused about caravans . |
| 24 | She loved this man , and he seemed determined , because of some misplaced sense of responsibility , to keep them together , yet she was trying to make him see that it just could n't be — for his own sake . |
| 25 | And he seemed surprised at the Darlington rents rise which is around 100 per cent in some cases . |
| 26 | When I first arrived , and he seemed interested in me , I was rather flattered . |
| 27 | And he seemed sincere enough now , his piece of paper held ready in his hands , and so with the safety of the newsdesk between them she reached across and took it . |
| 28 | Benny was whistling noisily and he seemed happy in what he was doing so William left him alone . |
| 29 | And he seemed happy enough . |
| 30 | She telephoned him at lunchtime on Monday , and he seemed happy with her suggestion that they meet the following day . |