Example sentences of "seemed [prep] be [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The country seemed to be on a knife-edge , with a minority government , the economy poised on the edge of collapse , and potential disorder in industrial relations , racial matters , and the affairs of the Celtic fringe . |
| 2 | Her fiancé seemed to be on a Cook 's tour of the Middle East , and she had a touching faith in my opinion as to his current safety . |
| 3 | AT St James Park on Saturday just about everyone seemed to be on a winner . |
| 4 | Upstairs the old house seemed to be on a multitude of different levels , with steps up and down , unexpected recesses and windows , all of which had been given a character of their own , by a carefully chosen ornament or floral arrangement . |
| 5 | The little girl seemed to be with a group , the carriage was dense with bulky figures , and I had the impression someone was trying to get her away from the window . |
| 6 | The whole valley seemed to be under a spell , in a timeless past unaffected by wars , the scars of industrial development and the trauma of social upheaval . ’ |
| 7 | He seemed to be at a loss . |
| 8 | Michael Lee had grown up in London 's dockland at a time when prejudice towards the Chinese seemed to be at a height — and especially half-caste Chinese children , and there were few enough of those . |
| 9 | I 've always been a bit of an organiser , so when I looked in on ffeatherstonehaugh 's , started to go regularly and saw that things seemed to be in a bit of a mess , it seemed to me I might usefully give it some of my time . ’ |
| 10 | Everybody seemed to be in a rush . |
| 11 | As I left the room I seemed to be in a school and I saw many children in the hall and I seemed to be late for a class . |
| 12 | Marc seemed to be in a state of meditation . |
| 13 | Woil stared round at him and seemed to be in a state of shock . |
| 14 | Derry , in particular , seemed to be in a state of constant turmoil as marchers broke the government 's ban on processions several times a day . |
| 15 | He was facing the window and seemed to be in a state of dreamy somnolence . |
| 16 | Mr Crumwallis , the fragile facade of his public personality shattered , seemed to be in a state of near-breakdown . |
| 17 | To Wilson , they all seemed to be in a fever and like any good nurse she waited anxiously for the point of crisis , more concerned about the fate of Mrs Browning than about that of Italy . |
| 18 | He was staring across at the distant mountains ; he seemed to be in a reverie , unaware of her presence , and she hesitated for a moment before saying , ‘ Could I have a word with you , please ? ’ |
| 19 | People and animals portray in this , in the Tahiti painting , never seemed to be in a hurry , erm , even when always relaxed even when working and I wondered how much of this was cultural and erm , how much was due to the large amounts of erm drugs consumed in most paintings at this , this period but that I suppose I 'll , I 'll never know for sure about , erm with this painting I found in the background , er there 's a figure , that 's looking in on the situation and I , I for myself think 's its probably Gaugin , as he portrays himself as Christ , which I think he did quite a lot to me in , in , in a few of his paintings and so this painting gave me tremendous sense of being looked in on and this figure in the background , was the person that was doing the looking in . |
| 20 | Belov was loading up , getting ready to leave , and he seemed to be in a hurry . |
| 21 | She seemed to be in a hurry , striding quickly along with her hands tucked in her large flapping sleeves , boots kicking up dust . |
| 22 | No one in the square seemed to be in a hurry , but a purposeful bustle of activity permeated the atmosphere just the same . |
| 23 | They could see the train , but it seemed to be in a haze or a glowing flame . |
| 24 | He seemed to be in a uniform of some sort , a slightly unconventional get-up but unmistakably an officer . |