Example sentences of "it seemed [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed to float above the town , particularly when one approached from the south , from the flats , and as you climbed Steep Hill and came nearer , so it became less of a mirage and more of a stone reality . |
| 2 | It seemed to bow in the centre ; for one terrible second she thought that it was going to split . |
| 3 | It seemed to leap off the glossy surface of the black lough , it seemed to echo off the Inishowen shore , it rang in Rory 's ears . |
| 4 | But it seemed to echo in the quiet of the hall , becoming meaningless , a sonorous groan of a word . |
| 5 | There were also several coloured photographs of the villa ‘ La Felicità ’ ; all taken from a low angle , so that it seemed to tower against the sky ; a place where the owners might appear on the battlements to a flourish of trumpets and a cry of heralds . |
| 6 | The horses ' hooves and the wheels of the cart were muffled in straw so that it seemed to glide like a terrible phantasm . |
| 7 | It seemed to flow from a weaker to a stronger system , thus acting contrary to the Second Law of Thermodynamics . |
| 8 | you see with me living on my own for such a long time now , erm it seems er it seemed to get in the way , you had the television and |
| 9 | It seemed linked in a way with my wanting to see Alison again . |
| 10 | Incredibly enough , it seemed to end with a choice . |
| 11 | It seemed to leap off the glossy surface of the black lough , it seemed to echo off the Inishowen shore , it rang in Rory 's ears . |
| 12 | The American firm Cannondale produces a jacket like this ( though I did n't buy it , as it seemed designed for an American winter ! ) |
| 13 | It was difficult to make out the essential nature of the girl : it seemed to change with the time of day , the season . |
| 14 | At one point the bag rose so high it seemed to disappear into the night . |
| 15 | It seemed to work with the Div 4 winner on 129 plus 5 . |
| 16 | I think at first it seemed to work at a disadvantage . |
| 17 | It seemed to work at the time . |
| 18 | It seemed to come from a bin outside the bank . |
| 19 | The full impact of it seemed to come from the roof , and was so strong that she jerked up in bed . |
| 20 | It seemed to come from the Market Cross . |
| 21 | ‘ Some of it seemed to cross into the Aids field , which had nothing to do with his brief at the Royal Free . ’ |
| 22 | It looked like a red dome on top of the tiles , and the air around it seemed to waver in a haze of heat . |
| 23 | On top of the thin dress she wore a brightly coloured , predominantly red , Chinese padded jacket ; it seemed to sparkle in the room 's dim lights . |
| 24 | It was a movement so subtle that it seemed to occur from the corner of her eye . |