Example sentences of "seemed [prep] be [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seemed to be on good terms with the people behind the bar . |
| 2 | She was still taking medication after her breast cancer operation but she seemed to be on top form and very bubbly and full of plans for the future . |
| 3 | Perhaps that was why every cell of her normally controlled body seemed to be on red alert in Rune Christensen 's presence . |
| 4 | Heim again presented her view that the accused was faking , and added the comment that from her observations of his behaviour in the witness box he seemed to be of average intelligence . |
| 5 | Attacked by its critics as a sort of institutional megalomania in which a defeat of free institutions anywhere was a defeat everywhere it was a supercharged containment policy in which , in defence of the perimeter , all points seemed to be of equal importance . |
| 6 | This question , said Mrs B , seemed to be of particular significance , but she had felt unable to make any sense of it . |
| 7 | All the services for mental health seemed to be at full stretch already , he said . |
| 8 | The cellular source of soluble ICAM-1 ( sICAM-1 ) in samples of healthy blood donors seemed to be from mononuclear cells , because sICAM-1 was only detectable in cell culture supernatants of lymphoid cell lines and peripteral blood mononuclear cell cultures . |
| 9 | The United States seemed to be in great shape . |
| 10 | I looked at Oliver and he seemed to be in genuine distress . |
| 11 | Holyhead mayor Tom Ross added : ‘ He was very happy and seemed to be in good spirits . |
| 12 | And what he was saying seemed to be in direct conflict to the hurtful reasons for their marriage he had given her on the drawbridge yesterday . |
| 13 | ‘ Well … well , then — ’ her only recourse seemed to be in stiff formality ‘ — I wish you Godspeed , my lord , and … and success in your … that is … ’ |
| 14 | It seemed to be in permanent decline , possibly for some of the same reasons as the Liberals after 1918 . |