Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] seemed " in BNC.
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| 1 | That let off seemed to breathe relief back into the home side , and not for the first time this season the imposing physical presence of youngster Ferguson proved crucial with a deft header which set up Cleland for a fine angled finish from 15 yards for the leveller . |
| 2 | In fact , towards the end of our week at Lerwick a rather embarrassing state of affairs had developed , where every other seafarer we met ashore seemed to have received our attention , the inevitable result of us all being weatherbound together . |
| 3 | Even the balloons they released as they gambolled about seemed to have a sleek , benevolent look as they rose , passing a shower of confetti as dense and continuous as the applause on its way down . |
| 4 | What happened then seemed to … stunt her . |
| 5 | Though I still argued at parties , defending Sir Stafford Cripps and the Labour Government , no one I met now seemed to be interested : they listened to my opinions because I was pretty , their eyes on the cleavage of my dress . |
| 6 | It was when , on their leader 's orders , they went to search the huts and hovels and woods beside and ahead of them to find signs of retreat or of ambush that the news they brought back seemed to unsettle their leader and the noblemen from Northumbria and from Fife whom he conferred with . |
| 7 | He made friends easily and after his wife died there seemed little to keep him tied to his home area . |
| 8 | All the 30-something women we knew then seemed about the limit beyond which you went into suits and Burberry raincoats . |
| 9 | There seemed to be a veritable army of helpers needed to open up the big downstairs rooms , and wherever she went there seemed yet another one poised to ask her a question she was unable to answer . |
| 10 | The Divisional Court upheld the scheme adopted by the GLC but the ground on which they did so seemed to be no more than that ‘ since the LTE could exercise its function to balance its revenue account by a grant from the GLC , a policy that reduced fares by means of such a grant was not unlawful ’ . |
| 11 | The pause before Nicola 's husband spoke again seemed long to Dexter . |
| 12 | The King throughout was in favour of an Election and the Prime Minister when he left certainly seemed more courageous and more firm in his conviction that a General Election was necessary . |