Example sentences of "[pers pn] appeared [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There could be no doubt of Sidney 's perturbation ; he looked anxiously at his wife and was clearly relieved to see that she appeared unconcerned . |
| 2 | Twelve years old , hopeful and wholesome as a morning daisy , she appeared one Wednesday on the Wogan Show and told a nation with honesty and enthusiasm how she had sailed across the Atlantic in her Optimist . |
| 3 | She wanted to turn tail and run , but she could n't have stood herself if she appeared such a coward . |
| 4 | He seemed intent now on pushing to see how far he could go and she appeared willing to give way in everything in order to pacify . |
| 5 | Inwardly she may have been nervous , outwardly she appeared calm , relaxed and ready to have fun . |
| 6 | With Jenny she was evasive and unforthcoming ; and she wondered sometimes whether she appeared unfriendly and withdrawn , and whether she had hurt Jenny by her attitude . |
| 7 | She appeared mesmerised , as if unable to put it down ; her eyes were staring and her face deathly white . |
| 8 | Even through her veil she appeared beautiful but enigmatic . |
| 9 | Throughout the two-day hearing , she appeared relaxed and confident , often turning to share a joke with her two male accomplices in the dock or smile at friends and family who crowded the court 's public benches . |
| 10 | She appeared outraged . |
| 11 | Repairing her already threadbare clothes was not her idea of an entertaining evening , but she had learned that if she appeared busy no one bothered her . |
| 12 | She wore a dirty apron in dark , printed cotton , which went round her back and fastened with thin tapes , pulled awry over her black skirt and sweater , and she appeared flustered . |
| 13 | Miss T. 's father returned to the ward and thought that her condition was worsening and that she appeared disorientated . |
| 14 | At 3.05pm she appeared barefoot , dressed in jeans and a cotton blouse on the doorstep to say she was going to post some letters . |
| 15 | She had hoped she appeared clean and fresh , the girl-next-door image . |
| 16 | Seated , she appeared smaller than usual , and more fragile . |
| 17 | Immediately before the recording she had an attack during which she appeared anguished and flushed , cried out in panic , and leapt off the bed . |
| 18 | She appeared disconcerted , even flustered . |
| 19 | Now that Mrs Girdlestone and I were alone together she appeared ill at ease , and there was a difficult silence ; then angry words began to flow . |
| 20 | Although she appeared uninterested while Army commanders Brigadier David Morgan and Major John Martin described what happened in 1951 , she moved towards Mr Mercer the moment Charles 's back was turned . |
| 21 | ‘ I had known Les for over 25 years as a friend and we appeared many times on stage together . |
| 22 | These , as they appeared one by one in the pages of the Strand Magazine , attracted enormous popularity . |
| 23 | In the 1990/91 season alone , they appeared four times in Paris , and seven times in London . |
| 24 | At which moment their car headlights lit the stone walls of ‘ La Felicità ’ so that they appeared golden against the black velvet of the sky . |
| 25 | Many others helped their patients and clients informally , especially if they appeared anxious . |
| 26 | This meant that while from our side they appeared cautious and reactionary , for the Board they provided a cheerful dawn chorus to which it could always confidently wake up . |
| 27 | From the moment the couple stepped from their RAF VC10 flight yesterday afternoon they appeared cold and distant . |
| 28 | If they appeared likely to do so he would then map out a strategy and advise students or co-workers on how to refine them and carry them through to fulfilment . |
| 29 | They appeared twenty-four hours after the event , but then no one back in England seemed in much of a hurry for results . |
| 30 | Their clothing and equipment were dusty but they appeared clean in comparison with the Commandos . |