Example sentences of "it [adv] seemed [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It suddenly seemed all rather a grand adventure , something I 'd one day soon be telling everyone about . |
| 2 | It suddenly seemed necessary to stake some claim openly . |
| 3 | It suddenly seemed terrible that Marcus was leaving the flat . |
| 4 | And as soon as I had admitted this , it suddenly seemed despicable to me . |
| 5 | As the music powered into focus , it suddenly seemed much more than a mere backdrop for Morrissey 's lyrical diatribes . |
| 6 | But to me , standing there in the autumn sunlight , it suddenly seemed natural and comforting . |
| 7 | It suddenly seemed important to keep the conversation as close as possible to something you might have read in an old book . |
| 8 | Barbara , snowy sheets , stolen weekends … it suddenly seemed important to remember that she was a tireless charity worker , a champion bridge player , an indefatigable rider to hounds . |
| 9 | It merely seemed that way yesterday . |
| 10 | It just seemed such a stupid question that 's all . |
| 11 | Bob had never described it to her ; it just seemed right for him . |
| 12 | So when the boys and I met and they said over tea I th , well why do n't we do something about a love affair , it just seemed right . |
| 13 | it just seemed that |
| 14 | It just seemed appropriate . |
| 15 | It just seemed pointless to do , do what all the , the way down the morning and then after do all the way down the other end . |
| 16 | Not having to give verbal commands seemed uncanny at first , but before long it just seemed natural . |
| 17 | ‘ It just seemed natural , ’ she recalls . |
| 18 | I actually found it hard to make myself make a divot at first — it just seemed wrong . |
| 19 | Well , not an awful lot really I mean , you know , you , you ca n't win , as I say , it just seemed wrong that you know when people ask being asked to make cuts and make these charges that that amount of money should be spent on something else |
| 20 | It just seemed easier to let everyone assume that at the time … ’ |
| 21 | It just seemed weird to me that we did n't have a clue about the line-up . |
| 22 | But it soon seemed natural for one man to be held first among equals ; or the first prominent convert in a city , like Stephanas at Corinth ( 1 Cor. 16 : 15–16 ) , might form a community round his household . |
| 23 | Over the weekend , when it still seemed possible that Baldwin would resign in the next few days , Sydney Arnold and Lees Smith advised MacDonald not to take office , on the grounds that a Labour Government would be bound to fail and that the party would then be ‘ overwhelmed ’ . |
| 24 | In London there were doubts as to whether the likely trade justified the expense of full diplomatic representation : it still seemed possible that Japan 's ports would be used mainly by whaling ships in the north Pacific rather than by merchantmen . |
| 25 | Even in incessant rain it still seemed lovely and , at least within its walls , remarkably unspoilt , though behind the medieval faades many houses have been relentlessly modernised . |
| 26 | It hardly seemed credible , whichever side you were on , that such events could occur . |
| 27 | ‘ Yes , it hardly seemed right to leave them there in the circumstances . |
| 28 | On Sunday , only the day before yesterday — it hardly seemed possible ! |
| 29 | When John was so short-tempered , it hardly seemed possible to conduct a civilised conversation . |
| 30 | It hardly seemed possible that powerful , destructive passions could spring unendingly from such an unpromising source ! |