Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun sg] seem to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Told in a series of monologues by its five participants , drag artist Lawrence , played in flamboyant fashion by Joe Standerline , is the central creation , a man for whom life seems to be one long joke . |
| 2 | Everything about her and about her marriage seemed to be perfect , apart from one disquieting fact : she hated going into churches and she absolutely refused to be present at the consecration of the Host . |
| 3 | The junctures of my life seemed to be marked off monotonously by men at desks , as if Fate had adopted this as a regulation traffic-signal meaning " Sharp turning " . |
| 4 | He had now been her lover for nearly three years : the physical side of their relationship seemed to be perfect . |
| 5 | I include them because his statement that his days on the Western Front — in spite of the horror and the squalor — were the happiest of his life seems to be some sort of commentary on the greater part of a lifetime spent in what is often regarded as the idyllic English countryside . |
| 6 | This extensive and informative correspondence between an MP and the mayor and burgesses of his constituency seems to be unique amongst surviving documentation of the period . |
| 7 | Suddenly , even the sound of his voice seemed to be getting to her . |
| 8 | What we need to do is steal his thunder in some way so that he realises how pointless it would be to write a story or even make any of those veiled suggestions that reporters of his ilk seem to be so good at . ’ |
| 9 | And the point of his saying seems to be that with the littlest of faith , the great tasks can be accomplished . |
| 10 | If we feel whole , then all these aspects of our being seem to be looped together in a loose , flexible unity . |
| 11 | The duration of our youth seems to be equally divided between thinking obsessively about the penis and conducting odd little experiments with it . |
| 12 | She looked like your mother whom you 'd loved , but whom you 'd lost — and while Doreen was near your mother seemed to be not so far away . |
| 13 | I thought of making some smart remark to Jamie about stunting his growth , but all lines to and from my brain seemed to be jammed with urgent messages coming from my guts . |
| 14 | The air passages deep in her throat seemed to be blocked ; her voice was a croak of fear . |
| 15 | The atmosphere in his office seemed to be closing in on her in an intimacy which she must avoid at all costs . |
| 16 | He hesitated , simply not knowing what to say to the elegant figure opposite him who was so evidently determined , and to whom fantasy seemed to be very close to ordinary life . |
| 17 | His hold on her arm seemed to be doing nothing to him at all . |
| 18 | The prince for his part seems to be working on a deal to give the Khmers Rouges a role in the political system . |
| 19 | Although support for his party seems to be stagnating and may even be on the decline , it still has an important following , mainly among the poorer working and artisan classes and the retired . |
| 20 | Indeed , as my poet friend would put it , any regulations regarding their life seemed to be honoured more in the breach than in the observance . |
| 21 | Nonpublication of Liberal Democrat Press releases by your paper seems to be a common event , my colleagues inform me , despite repeated attempts to prompt your Editor . |