Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [prep] [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was little traffic , so that Lefevre 's main problem seemed likely to be that of remaining inconspicuous . |
| 2 | As the war in Europe reached its last stages , the task of making a lasting peace seemed certain to be complicated by the differences of policy , already apparent , between the Western Allies and the USSR . |
| 3 | None of them seemed keen to be involved with the police . |
| 4 | When the man who waited with her crept to her shoulder and whispered in her ear , as he did several times between his nervous pacings about the room , she made him no answer , and never seemed even to be aware of him , though her braced tension made it plain that nothing that passed in this apartment escaped her instant notice . |
| 5 | It felt strange to be alone in a chamber with such a solicitous , beautiful young woman . |
| 6 | It felt odd to be alone in a church . |
| 7 | And death number one looked set to be that of Albert Roger Quigley . |
| 8 | I had met both rivers previously on my travels , and felt glad to be present at their marriage . |
| 9 | Elinor felt privileged to be one of his girlfriends for she was aware how little he cared for women and how he would sometimes wince when sitting next to one . |
| 10 | It is intended to identify specific issues for attention within a comprehensive national agenda of issues of science and technology policy thought likely to be prominent over the next 10-15 years . |
| 11 | Dalton was fond of contrasting these numbers with the half million total troops thought likely to be necessary in peacetime by the war-time Coalition Government . |
| 12 | Sedgefield Tory candidate Nick Jopling : Said Conservatives were the only party with law and order at the top of the agenda and accused Labour of being soft on crime . |
| 13 | She instructed Lucien to be careful with his leg , and to exercise the rest of his body only while lying or sitting down for a while . |