Example sentences of "seemed a [adj] way [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | True , it seemed a curious way of implanting poison but — He pulled himself back to sanity . |
| 2 | ‘ Kirkby boasts lots of football teams of all ages and this seemed a good way of drumming up cash . ’ |
| 3 | For practical reasons , fieldworkers adopted a policy in these cases of knocking at the door of the nearest house of a similar type ; since the survey was based on geographical area and housing type , this seemed a reasonable way of obtaining data from a range of addresses while conserving time and resources . |
| 4 | It 's something you use to get you from A to B , I guess , and right now that seemed a long way to me . |
| 5 | It seemed a long way to the building , but eventually she heard his footsteps on wood and knew they had arrived . |
| 6 | It all seemed a long way from his flat in Whalley Range . |
| 7 | Surgical techniques for an artificial penis and scrotum were still experimental and any success there seemed a long way in the future . |
| 8 | As a device for separating ‘ general matters of policy ’ from ‘ day to day administration ’ it seemed a comfortable way of combining public accountability with business efficiency in a parliamentary system of government : Ministers dealt with the former and the corporation 's employees with the latter . |