Example sentences of "what seemed a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Incautiously taking what seemed a marvellous idea from a friend , the notion of two people who each wished to get rid of someone swapping victims , he discovered when his book was written that this was precisely the plot for a novel by Patricia Highsmith , Stranger on a Train , which neither he nor his friend knew of . |
| 2 | What seemed a daunting quantity of hard male muscle clenched into action as he sat up and swung his long legs to the ground . |
| 3 | I sat for what seemed a long time in the cold darkness , breathing shallowly , not moving at all , just waiting , and eventually there was a lightening of the shadows and a luminosity in the wood , and the moon rose clear and bright in the east . |
| 4 | After what seemed a long time , but was in fact only seconds , an almost inaudible whisper issued into the room . |
| 5 | Ruth waited for what seemed a long time . |
| 6 | He took the instrument and listened to Sandy 's heart for what seemed a long time . |
| 7 | Naturally , the finish judges had to be consulted , and after what seemed a prolonged pow-wow , they came up with an answer . |
| 8 | We had to climb what seemed a never-ending staircase to a high platform where we took our seats in a punt at the top of a slide having water rushing down it . |
| 9 | DANCE is making its way back to the Liverpool arts scene following what seemed a fallow period . |
| 10 | Nervously she licked dry lips and , into what seemed a sudden stillness , heard him catch his breath . |
| 11 | He listened in silence for what seemed a longer period than normal , then she heard him speak . |
| 12 | Her splendidly white skin and fine neck were shown off by a square décolletage , messy swathes of lace tied over her bosom by what seemed a white shoe-lace . |
| 13 | To young Clive it was like living near what seemed a dramatic glimpse into the future . |
| 14 | Mehringer was slumped in the rope when his partner , above , saw what seemed a huge sheet of glass cascading down . |