Example sentences of "seem suddenly [prep] be " in BNC.

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1 It was extraordinary , she told herself , how this little snippet of a girl seemed suddenly to be taking charge of her problems , and with such authority , too .
2 The significance of the weakening of the royal family and the ranks of the nobility through death and illness in the 1360s , and especially in 1368 and 1369 , those two years when English fortunes seemed suddenly to be reversed , should not be underestimated .
3 She was waiting for him to kiss her , he realized , and it seemed suddenly to be the natural thing to do .
4 He felt irretrievably alone and the woman beside him seemed suddenly to be a total stranger .
5 A huge , suffocating cloud seemed suddenly to be hovering above Lindsey 's head .
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