Example sentences of "[vb past] previously seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a man who always looks so morose when batting — ‘ I know I look a miserable sod out there , but I ca n't help it , ’ he once said — and whose captaincy had previously seemed rather ordinary , it was a revelation . |
| 2 | The north-western suburbs , which had previously seemed a haven , came under attack in the latest fighting . |
| 3 | As we droned back in time from one lost place to another , I fondly remembered what had previously seemed by bad travel stories . |
| 4 | Public utility societies and cooperative schemes , which had previously seemed to offer perfectly viable means of providing housing , were discounted in favour of housing by local authorities . |
| 5 | A few evenings on this field , which had previously seemed barren , produced : crotal and rumbler bones ; medieval and Georgian buckles ; fifty copper coins ( 17th to 19th century ) ; buttons , a 17th century spoon ; a piece of 18th century watch fob ; and the smallest barrel lock that I have ever seen . |
| 6 | Like the natural system in botany , Mendeleev 's Table seemed to show how the elements really were related ; and as a teaching aid in a part of chemistry which had previously seemed to depend simply on memory , it was a boon . |