Example sentences of "[pron] seemed a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He appreciated the headmaster 's affection for all things English , even including the Wilson family , but to spring the Islamic equivalent of the Messiah on them seemed a little unfair . |
| 2 | Linda Bloomfield , chief executive of Merseyside TEC , said : ‘ Businessmen 's time is in short supply so taking the show to them seemed a logical idea . ’ |
| 3 | Indeed the recent evidence on plasmids can be seen as beautiful supporting evidence for the conjectures near bottom of page 182 ( which seemed a bit wild at the time ) . |
| 4 | It was less the fear of hell ( which seemed a long time away ) than the fear of being a non-person which prompted me to ask my parents if I could be baptised . |
| 5 | She had been so busy with her dress house in Rome , coping with her designer , planning for the future and ensuring that everyone in the business was kept happy — each of which seemed a full-time job in itself — that she had hardly had time to spare for her three children , let alone her mother . |
| 6 | The other day , when a new silver dinner service was commissioned for 10 Downing Street , I asked how much silver could be bought for a million pounds , which seemed a suitably round number . |
| 7 | He suddenly felt farcically drawn to Simon 's Prunella , which seemed a sign of health if nothing else . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , I moved out , came to live here in a rented house I ca n't really afford , Susan sold the flat , which seemed a bit more than a symbolic act , I continued to love her and miss her , I tried to understand what she felt and hoped it was something she 'd eventually work through so that we could be together again . |
| 9 | In a sense , this was a line which had been followed by John Hunter ; but his heirs in Britain had not pursued it , partly because of a national aversion to the vivisection which seemed a necessary part of it and partly because it seemed materialistic . |
| 10 | ‘ It was just one of those things which seemed a good idea at the time . |
| 11 | Mrs Goreng had been in Danu ten months , every one of which seemed a year to her . |
| 12 | And incidentally going back to that shot by Jochim in the end the referee gave a free kick against him for er presumably fouling the defender which seemed a harsh decision . |
| 13 | More specifically , in most offices the interception and reading of correspondence which seemed a possible source of useful information still continued . |
| 14 | Audubon was an effective salesman for his book among the wealthy , to whom he himself seemed an exotic . |
| 15 | But the doctor , who seemed a quiet , kindly man , was also looking at our prisoner with murder in his eyes . |
| 16 | As he left the dance , he noticed Tess , who seemed a little sad that he had not chosen her . |
| 17 | We had one suspect , Kevin Fox , who seemed a perfect match . |
| 18 | ‘ You seemed a little — distracted on stage tonight . |
| 19 | ‘ I thought you seemed a bit preoccupied , ’ she murmured happily . |
| 20 | You seemed a bit distracted last night . |
| 21 | She seemed a bit jealous . |
| 22 | She seemed a very candid person . |
| 23 | She seemed a bright , unthinking product of the sixties , intent on enjoying herself when everybody else had settled down . |
| 24 | She seemed a little hurt suddenly . |
| 25 | She seemed a brazen hussy ! ’ |
| 26 | She seemed a typical product of her upper-middle-class background in Westchester County . |
| 27 | She seemed a thoughtful person , someone of like nature to Mary Smith , but with much more up top . |
| 28 | He says : ‘ She seemed a happy person on the surface but underneath she had been deeply affected by her parents ’ divorce . ’ |
| 29 | A pulse of light slid over Fincara 's face , and the long green eyes were so alight , so blazingly concentrated , that she seemed a different woman . |
| 30 | " She seemed a thing that could not feel The touch of earthly years . " |