Example sentences of "what seemed to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end , the traitor of the English clan hurled his credit cards at his parents ’ grave in what seemed to be a symbol for throwing bad money after good . |
| 2 | As a whole , this grand spectacle was a rare hit with what seemed to be as varied an audience as any opera company is likely to find these days . |
| 3 | The first came when the group reported what seemed to be rather minor problems at its parts side . |
| 4 | I went into the bedroom where Alison was lying down in what seemed to be a state of shock . |
| 5 | There was what seemed to be an endless round of meetings to discuss our coverage , with Ford personnel up to and including European vice-presidents . |
| 6 | She came of a family whose heads felt cold in the night ( their father had worn a nightcap ) and now she rose to a sitting position looking , in the gloom , like some eastern potentate , her beautiful nose and high forehead all surmounted by what seemed to be a turban but was actually some sort of woolly garment skilfully disposed about her head . |
| 7 | Next came a pair of thick socks wrinkling about the ankles , and then what seemed to be a pair of men 's shoes . |
| 8 | Despite what seemed to be a nice little boom , British productivity had grown more slowly than that of any comparable European country : 40 per cent compared with Germany 's and Italy 's 150 per cent , not to consider Japan 's 400 per cent . |
| 9 | Bald , and with an attenuated El Greco face , he looked like a victim of chemotherapy — but also of a Transylvanian vampire , for his chin and neck were covered with what seemed to be bite marks . |
| 10 | Now he has gained what seemed to be a pipe-dream , a seat in the Cabinet . |
| 11 | As regards malicious referrals , what seemed to be the case in a very few instances was that at least some of the allegations had substance to them and were worthy of investigation , but in discussion with the parents it seemed possible that the referrer might be using the allegation to progress some dispute with them . |
| 12 | As Golby passed the turnpike gate , he noticed what seemed to be a pile of rags beside the road . |
| 13 | The leadership of the International were in general irritated by what seemed to be the sectarian squabbling of the émigré Poles and Russians , while generally defending the traditional interpretation of Marx 's opinions . |
| 14 | Nicholson 's close friend Bruce Dern saw this as one of the developing problems with what seemed to be heading towards a husband and wife relationship ; with two people in the same business — as had been the case with Sandra and Mimi — the pressures on their life together were aggravated by the success of one member of the partnership , while the other was still struggling . |
| 15 | A helpful , somewhat overstated hotel doorman gave me instant directions , from which I found myself in the shadow of Vine Street facing what seemed to be a series of rear entrances to a rather less than impressive warehouse . |
| 16 | The source of the smoke turned out to be a huge cast-iron incinerator behind the house which had been crammed full of papers and what seemed to be old clothes . |
| 17 | In accordance with my usual run of luck , I climbed up into thick mist , and being too lazy and smug to take a bearing I followed what seemed to be a well-worn path heading in the right direction for Beinn Dorain . |
| 18 | He had a taxi waiting , and on arrival we found a long cloth-draped table in the centre of the room , around which were seated what seemed to be the entire Chinese population of the city — some 30 Chinese , mainly from laundries and restaurants . |
| 19 | The present author was much intrigued as to why a northern merchant family should choose what seemed to be a most inappropriate device ( unless as indicative of their aggressive commercial practices ) . |
| 20 | What seemed to be a simple matter when merely held as a mental question , verbally unframed and with no thought given to response , appears as a simply impossible problem when it has actually to be put down on paper . |
| 21 | Once I went down with Jane to the village pub and we sat in the front parlour on our own , listening to what seemed to be a male voice choir performing in the next room , accompanied by mysterious foot shufflings and stampings . |
| 22 | What seemed to be needed was a statement from medical authority . |
| 23 | Several times they set out to make their way across by what seemed to be a path but each time they were forced to stop . |
| 24 | On one of these piles Marian made out what seemed to be a bundle of rags . |
| 25 | At FL090 we were IMC in what seemed to be an aspirant CB . |
| 26 | trickled down , Jack could see a boy with oriental features and what seemed to be a rain-soaked face . |
| 27 | In 1940 the United Kingdom , with no defences , faced what seemed to be certain invasion by hostile armed forces . |
| 28 | On the Labour side , what seemed to be a golden opportunity was not taken , nor was it when it first arose , namely to pin responsibility for the Gulf war , and the sufferings of British hostages in it , on the government 's blunder in not seeing that Saddam Hussein would invade Kuwait . |
| 29 | What seemed to be well-established doctrine a few years ago may now be the subject of extensive debate . |
| 30 | I enquired what seemed to be wrong , and after a little embarrassing silence was told that he was suffering from a stoppage of urine . |