Example sentences of "they seem too [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when they seemed too beguiling , all she had to do was think of Victoria , and Victoria 's dress account , and Victoria riding with him , and the woman he was meeting tonight — ten to one that was Victoria too . |
| 2 | until they seemed too many to be counted . |
| 3 | They seemed too exhausted to take much in , apart from one little girl who understood very well . |
| 4 | Some were difficult because they seemed too controlled , or controlling . |
| 5 | The few areas which had escaped collectivization because they seemed too poor were now to be brought into line . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , just like that but they seemed too thick for cards and uneven — like folded papers . |
| 7 | They seemed too wretched even to stare . |
| 8 | They seemed too frightened to move . |
| 9 | Examples of teaching practice are rejected because they seem too remote from the trainees ' own situation : " Yes but … my students would never ( work in pairs/bring things to class/respond to a video screen . ) " |
| 10 | At first they seem too creased to give the butterfly any chance of survival . |