Example sentences of "which seemed to i " in BNC.

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1 Marjorie and Heather spent hours poring over cookery-books , which seemed to me a strange occupation for Oxford graduates , especially in the face of wartime rationing ; but perhaps it was a matter of the fox and the grapes , for I myself had not acquired any culinary skill .
2 Perhaps I have been over enthusiastic about this project , but there was something about the schools I visited , and I am no stranger to African primary schools , which seemed to me to provide a recipe for steady progress .
3 When my father suggested I apply , I was pleased and very excited at the prospect of going to boarding-school , which seemed to me to be an adventure , an escape from boredom .
4 And he asked me a lot of very pertinent questions which seemed to me more than idle curiosity .
5 The problem of the private beds gave rise to a violence of dispute which seemed to me wholly out of proportion to the magnitude of the issue .
6 He would really have liked me to do medicine , but I showed no interest in biology , which seemed to me to be too descriptive and not sufficiently fundamental .
7 One was a a a business man , the other was er , trade union official , and the other was a housewife , which seemed to me to be badly representative
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