Example sentences of "it seemed [adj] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed inconceivable that he was of the same race as the two vibrancers sitting near him ; inconceivable , too , that they shared his art . |
| 2 | ‘ But it seemed inconceivable that it could have been an accident . ’ |
| 3 | He had blushed at the thought and turned quickly away , but as time passed he found that he desperately wanted to share his secret with her ; until then he 'd always confided in her unhesitatingly and it seemed strange that something should now make him hold back . |
| 4 | At first I took them for Maria 's , though it seemed strange that she should be going down to the beach at that time . |
| 5 | It seemed strange that it should still be there , in a trunk . |
| 6 | Since Sotheby 's catalogue categorically stated that their version was ‘ unknown ’ to me , it seemed reasonable that my views should be made known to them . |
| 7 | It seemed certain that nothing would alter the situation . |
| 8 | ‘ What an excellent product … its first use has prevented the bank foreclosing on a client when it seemed certain that they would wind them up ’ ( HBB Group of Chartered Accountants ) |
| 9 | She had wondered about it briefly when it seemed certain that her mother and Michele 's father had known each other in the past . |
| 10 | McKoy , the home town favourite , had already been called up for one false start — and it seemed certain that he would be disqualified after appearing to have another flyer second time around . |
| 11 | McKoy , the home town favourite , had already been called up for one false start — and it seemed certain that he would be disqualified after appearing to have another flyer second time around . |
| 12 | McKoy , the hometown favourite , had already been called up for one false start — and it seemed certain that he would be disqualified after appearing to have another flyer second time around . |
| 13 | It seemed unbelievable that they would stand aside and let them leave like this . |
| 14 | But when I bent down on some pretext and could see into his face it seemed possible that he was laughing at himself as well as flustered . |
| 15 | It was patently obvious that she was n't going to get an opportunity to speak to Luke ; it seemed possible that he had manipulated that . |
| 16 | It seemed possible that she might be into chucking men over her shoulder and spifflicating them . |
| 17 | Since the core Ser-Gln sequence is flanked on both sides by acidic residues it seemed possible that there may be some degeneracy in that one Glu residue may be sufficient to maintain recognition by the DNA-PK . |
| 18 | Once my father had been laid in his bed , I was a little uncertain as to how to proceed ; for while it seemed undesirable that I leave my father in such a condition , I did not really have a moment more to spare . |
| 19 | It seemed ridiculous that anyone could not clean a carburettor . |
| 20 | It seemed ridiculous that she should be beyond help . |
| 21 | He felt himself to be a kind of recording angel ; it seemed necessary that someone should see all this who was aware of its sinfulness , of its stench in the nostrils of God . |
| 22 | He 'd know what had happened to the suit , and it seemed right that he should : this small tribute to the truth that had been exposed seemed at least her due . |
| 23 | But now it seemed terrible that they should be able to talk so naturally while Dr. Lorrimer lay there dead upstairs . |
| 24 | She shied off , but it seemed unarguable that she was convinced the killing was political : she had hired Brian Berg to follow that line . |
| 25 | It seemed amazing that it was less than a year since that had been said . |
| 26 | Now it seemed fortunate that I had n't ; just as it seemed , though still obscurely , fortunate that I had n't lost my head in other ways when I wrote to her . |
| 27 | He had been frightened somewhere in a tight locked-up place inside him because it seemed impossible that they would land safely , and the final swaying descent had made him ill . |
| 28 | It seemed impossible that she could have fallen in love so swiftly and completely , especially when she 'd managed to remain heart-whole quite effortlessly all this time . |
| 29 | She loved him , so much that it seemed impossible that she had lived her life this long without him , impossible that he could n't know it from her response . |
| 30 | 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 . |