Example sentences of "time [pers pn] seemed to " in BNC.

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1 At times we seemed to be on an unavoidable collision course with menacing sharp edged rocks , only to be swept clear by the current at the last minute .
2 The old stone walls closed about her , so that at times it seemed to be suffocatingly hot , and she found herself putting up a hand to her throat .
3 When she signed her first big contract , Marilyn reputedly said , ‘ That 's the last cock I 'll have to suck ’ , though at the same time she seemed to be looking around for greater conquests .
4 This time she seemed to be in two minds about what to do .
5 Every time she seemed to be on the verge of making some sort of breakthrough , new questions came up .
6 Grant had watched them standing in front of the electronic display , puzzling at the excessive time they seemed to be wasting .
7 Even at the time it seemed to me that it was pointless to be vindictive or even to allot responsibility for such happenings .
8 At the time it seemed to us that Hilda was not the happy , carefree girl her father and I wished her to be .
9 The only time he seemed to be bold and at all resolute was in contradicting Joe 's apparent errors .
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