Example sentences of "always seem [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The holiday began tomorrow — in fact it had as good as started already , since Bill was staying at home — and holidays always seemed to point the problem more sharply . |
| 2 | Even with University College Cork — whom he captained to a Munster League title in 1985 — and with Dolphin , the man over in Cork Constitution always seemed to hold the edge . |
| 3 | I worked in England but I always seemed to miss the good jobs abroad ; every time I started rehearsing for something special , my mother would drag me away . |
| 4 | In the movies they always seemed to make the kidnapped party drive , but Maxim thought about Dann driving his — Maxim 's — car into the first acacia while he watched the gun , which seemed to have hypnotised him . |
| 5 | But it seemed that Sister Benedicta must sin a lot because she always seemed to get the dirty jobs . |
| 6 | Davie always seemed to have the best girls , and none of them seemed to complain . |
| 7 | Whenever articles are written or programmes broadcast about consumer rights , they always seem to put the trader into the ‘ bad boy ’ box . |
| 8 | Practically everyone gets roped into ‘ bowling ’ at one time or another but the family , and , always seem to maintain the highest profile on the alley . |
| 9 | Players of his calibre will always scare opponents because they always seem to make the right decisions . ’ |
| 10 | I always seem to get the wrong results even though I 'm working as hard as possible . |
| 11 | A very odd case has come to my department — we always seem to get the odd ones — concerning the disappearance of the managing director of a shipping company . |
| 12 | We always seem to get the wrong sort of weather in |
| 13 | THE wit and wisdom of Oscar Wilde always seem to stand the test of time . |
| 14 | I always seem to recall the women up to their elbows in freezing cold water washing . |
| 15 | Beejay always seems to spot the object in the hedge that he can not possibly pass without a protect , just as I hear the roar of a fast-moving car at our rear . |
| 16 | Some dogs are thought to be genetically susceptible to it , but diet always seems to get the blame . |
| 17 | Lately he had always seemed to start the day with a broken window-pane , and then suddenly one morning the front of his shop was boarded up and we never saw Mr Schultz again . |
| 18 | Although supporting evolution , these discoveries did not always seem to confirm the Darwinian interpretation of how the process worked . |
| 19 | Halfway through a d-i-y job , when you reach for a screwdriver , do you always seem to find the right tip and size on the last you pick up ? |