Example sentences of "[noun prp] seemed [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | David seemed surprised . |
| 2 | Father Kipling seemed anxious to chat also . |
| 3 | He has been fined for exposing a wrong that England and Pakistan seemed happier keeping under the carpet . |
| 4 | I had spoken enthusiastically , but Jackson Chatterton seemed unmoved by the prospect . |
| 5 | Only Jackson Chatterton seemed comfortable with Rickie 's display of petulant temper . |
| 6 | Rigglesford said Hawkins seemed depressed and had been crying . |
| 7 | Mrs Singh seemed bewildered by the amount of information she had been given . |
| 8 | Both Mr and Mrs Singh seemed surprised and relieved by the normality of the school . |
| 9 | Balbinder seemed slower to talk and his mother was worried about his reluctance to speak English . |
| 10 | Ken seemed happy ; happy with his wife , with his children , and now with his work ; not rich , but doing what he wanted to do . |
| 11 | In Africa Rommel 's forces had driven the weakened British units right back across Cyrenaica into Egypt , while the Balkans were firmly in German hands following the fall of Yugoslavia and Greece , and an invasion of Crete seemed imminent . |
| 12 | Blufton seemed trustworthy enough and had no direct relationship with Nicola . |
| 13 | Halema seemed satisfied with my answer and the talk turned to the lives of such spirits and then to the djinn . |
| 14 | Maisie seemed peeved by this question . |
| 15 | Maisie seemed surprised to recall this fact . |
| 16 | Linda seemed oblivious , even when the whispered conversations threatened to reach the level of her own voice . |
| 17 | Dawn Allenby seemed annoyed too , though that was possibly because she 'd been cheated out of those extra moments in his arms . |
| 18 | Woolridge seemed unconcerned . |
| 19 | Elements of both the Jordanian government and the PLO seemed undismayed by the expulsion or detention of leftist or independently-minded members of the NGC . |
| 20 | Rebecca seemed uncertain , and Lissa added , ‘ Really , it 'll be all right . |
| 21 | And already Downes seemed calmer again as he resumed his seat , and Morse resumed his questioning . |
| 22 | Hennessy seemed satisfied , as if this was exactly how it should be . |
| 23 | Her brother was less than interested in her information , but Morthen seemed determined to win his favour . |
| 24 | In his successful quarter-final match against Nigel Short last year , Speelman seemed full of energy and surprising ideas . |
| 25 | Edward seemed pleased to see her , however , and as he accepted Helen 's offer of coffee , he said , ‘ Sophie — you do n't mind if I call you that , do you ? — I was going to seek you in your surgery . |
| 26 | Neither of us had been prepared for this sudden release of feeling ; Edward seemed embarrassed by the confession , I embarrassed by his embarrassment , and regretting my earlier ungenerous thoughts … |
| 27 | But Edward seemed satisfied . |
| 28 | ‘ There were a number of good full-backs around and Revie seemed determined to use all of them . |
| 29 | ‘ I agree , ’ Hari seemed ill at ease , ‘ I would like to help but I 'm all right here , I 've got people working for me , see I owe it to them to make a success of my own business . |
| 30 | Scott seemed unconcerned by his companion 's problem and looked to his right . |