Example sentences of "[adv] seemed a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Giants went ahead at 69-67 through Johnson and as the momentum swung away from the Finns , overall victory suddenly seemed a possibility . |
| 2 | Birmingham had changed , friends moved and the city suddenly seemed a very large , cold , unfriendly place . |
| 3 | Staying in a small town in the north of Scotland and working on the local newspaper for the rest of his life suddenly seemed a dismal prospect . |
| 4 | Political scruples about voluntary action subverting the role of the statutory sector suddenly seemed a luxury : we were in need , now . |
| 5 | ‘ No-one wanted to cut and run but 16 English cricketers in a coach on a busy Bombay street suddenly seemed a risk . |
| 6 | Our equipment , brought solely for a ‘ recce ’ and consisting of a seven mm rope and two ice screws , suddenly seemed a little inadequate . |
| 7 | Bathing , which before leaving London had been deemed suitable only for the lower classes , suddenly seemed a most adventurous and desirable way of spending an afternoon . |
| 8 | It suddenly seemed a waste to be sitting over muffins and honey . |
| 9 | Staring up at him , searching his eyes , she knew he was right , only there suddenly seemed a very large gap between knowing it and doing it . |
| 10 | ‘ How ? ’ he repeated , but , even though she thought that he suddenly seemed a little on edge , and although he appeared to hesitate — as if , most oddly , he was a little unsure , he then looked straight into her eyes and stated , ‘ There have been countless instances when , because of you , I 've found myself doing things which I would n't have believed . |
| 11 | Suddenly he gave a frightened start , for he had nearly fallen asleep and the ground below seemed a long distance away . |
| 12 | The railway made it worth while for Gustave : he could get to Mantes and back without too much trouble ; and Louise 's complaints perhaps seemed a reasonable price to pay for such accessible pleasure . |
| 13 | If they were held at bay longer than they anticipated and carried into the final day , it only seemed a stay of execution for the West Indies . |
| 14 | Having raised his standard at the very nadir of France 's fortunes , when to do so seemed a hopeless and almost irrational gesture , he claimed the high ground of principle for himself . |
| 15 | But by 1890 the competition imposed on the world by Britain and its nearest rivals in north-western Europe had returned a hundredfold , and there no longer seemed a possibility of escape : if the British did not colonize , others would , and at British expense . |
| 16 | To the owners of foreign capital , the Franco regime no longer seemed a political embarrassment , but the guarantor of the political and social stability which would enhance their chances of making profits in Spain . |
| 17 | For example , the origin of the missile was far from clear ; and as detailed structures of many H-H objects were elucidated , the jet interactions described above seemed a much better proposition . |
| 18 | Timothy Hutton was looking uncomfortable and McLeish said that it just seemed a lot to him . |
| 19 | It just seemed a total waste of time to bother redecorating it — the only solution seemed to be removing the chimney , adding an extension , or both . |
| 20 | It just seemed a pity that Norfolk should have no more appetising soft fruit . |
| 21 | It just seemed a bore she was ill . |
| 22 | It 's remarkable because we 've been talking about Twickenham to you ever since I think about the second round , and in those days it just seemed a little bit of a dream , but that dream is now just eighty minutes away is n't it ? |
| 23 | Cooney always seemed a reluctant fighter , a man more pushed into the business by parental desire and promoters who saw the advantage of his size — 6ft 7in — rather than his personal predicament . |
| 24 | Cooney always seemed a reluctant fighter , a man more pushed into the business by parental desire and promoters who saw the advantage of his size — 6ft 7in — rather than his personal predicament . |
| 25 | For no particular reason , Monday always seemed a little dull . |
| 26 | ‘ Going to visit my parents in Holloway always seemed a completely natural thing to do , ’ he said . |
| 27 | If this was inconvenient , Richard did not say so , although to be called to the telephone , or wanted on the telephone , as Richard put it , always seemed a kind of reproach in itself . |
| 28 | She always seemed a very cold sort of person . ’ |
| 29 | It always seemed a waste to use up a couple of Gold Flake this way , but I always forget to buy cheaper cigarettes and anyway , the corner tabs on the cardboard packets make excellent roaches . |
| 30 | The home selectors had been ridiculed in the press for the squad they chose , and it hardly seemed a match for the mighty West Indies ; yet by steady bowling and sound batting , England won all three games convincingly , and chemists did a good trade in indigestion tablets as much humble pie had to be eaten . |