Example sentences of "[noun sg] it seemed " in BNC.
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| 1 | The door crashed open and slammed back against the wall with such force it seemed it would come off the hinges . |
| 2 | With Amantani fresh in my mind it seemed to me that more than the cattle were tethered here . |
| 3 | To my young mind it seemed a most unScottish thing to do . |
| 4 | There was something inside me after all , and whatever it was — to my untutored mind it seemed that it must be exceedingly unpleasant , even hideous — it was not well . |
| 5 | We were in line with the Craven fault it seemed and in an electric storm the tower and all its domestic equipment spat and sizzled like a jumping cracker . |
| 6 | Because of the poor response to gluten free diet and the presence of lymphoma it seemed reasonable to consider that the malabsorption was as a result of an enteropathy associated with the lymphoma ( EATCL ) rather than simple coeliac disease . |
| 7 | In my own study it seemed that young women are becoming more critical of ‘ traditional ’ gender roles , but young men are not . |
| 8 | Inside the car it seemed to warm up . |
| 9 | A few stars pricked the sky , and in the warmth of the car it seemed that she and Luke were the only two people in the world , travelling through a hushed darkness together . |
| 10 | At first glance it seemed that the vision of Monnet and Schuman of gradual sectoral integration binding the participants even closer together was one important step nearer realisation . |
| 11 | Jim Haynes , meanwhile , tended to gravitate through London oblivious of politics , taking as much pleasure it seemed from a London night out with President Johnson 's daughter , or a meeting with the US ambassador 's wife -'I; do n't see how anyone can meet her and not fall in love with her' — as from radical arts . |
| 12 | With a good downpour it seemed probable that the bedroom ceiling below would come down . |
| 13 | For a second it seemed that he would be unable to respond , but then he found his voice . |
| 14 | So for a second it seemed the most natural thing in the world when the ships airlock suddenly opened , and I stepped out of my cabin to see Sergia framed in the lock , with two male Ardakkeans behind her . |
| 15 | Just for a second it seemed to Polly that they met and lingered on hers . |
| 16 | And for many years of their marriage it seemed that she was . |
| 17 | When the bows plunged into the slate black water at the bottom it seemed to her that they would go on diving in , engulfed by the on-rushing sea , never to return to the surface . |
| 18 | After the North Vietnamese revealed that they were able to sustain erm a w er their war in er erm the south it seemed regardless of what , what the United States could do to them , er after they 'd revealed this in the Tet offensive of nineteen sixty eight , then President Johnson announced he would not be standing for re-election , and that was a significant admission of political defeat and if you remember , well you probably wo n't remember but you certainly should 've read about it , President Nixon was returned with a , a majority er er on the platform of ending the Vietnam war . |
| 19 | After the North Vietnamese revealed that they were able to sustain erm a w er their war in er erm the south it seemed regardless of what , what the United States could do to them , er after they 'd revealed this in the Tet offensive of nineteen sixty eight , then President Johnson announced he would not be standing for re-election , and that was a significant admission of political defeat and if you remember , well you probably wo n't remember but you certainly should 've read about it , President Nixon was returned with a , a majority er er on the platform of ending the Vietnam war . |
| 20 | Hovering in the doorway , Wilson heard Mr Browning plead with her to say something to him and then she listened while he tried to make out a case for the French Emperor , to argue this might not be the betrayal it seemed , and that all hope might not be lost . |
| 21 | To me in that mood it seemed more important than philosophy , like the poetry of Keats or the music of Sibelius . |
| 22 | No , there was nobody overcome with anxiety it seemed to me , not even her husband . ’ |
| 23 | Day after day the German heavies pounded the corpses in this gully , until they were quartered , and re-quartered ; to one eye-witness it seemed as if it were filled with dismembered limbs that no one could or would bury . |
| 24 | From the sudden change in Rune Christensen 's demeanour it seemed she might have cause to be optimistic . |
| 25 | She could imagine that Tom would go out and leave his door open if he was working about the place but not if he had quitted it , and in winter it seemed foolhardy to say the least to leave it and let the cold air invade the house . |
| 26 | As a bachelor it seemed slightly shocking to Rupert that a colleague , even though an anthropologist , should think nothing of abandoning his wife when she was ill . |
| 27 | But if he had nothing to do with the kidnapping of that girl it seemed to be too much of a coincidence that he should have appeared just then . |
| 28 | yes the , the commission does n't seemed to of addressed itself to , to , the only question it seemed to of addressed itself to are whether the criteria objective , erm , that there could be reasons when it takes decisions and erm there should be an appeal procedure |
| 29 | During the Cold War it seemed that aliens , like communists , were poised to invade the West . |
| 30 | After the war it seemed to lose some of its attraction . |