Example sentences of "and [conj] [pron] seemed " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stresses that the decision was taken on the spur of the moment and that it seemed completely acceptable to everyone there at the time . |
| 2 | He later went on to say that he had seen the same man in the vicinity about 5.30 to 6.00 , and that he seemed to be heading for the Oliver 's shop . |
| 3 | Theo insisted that he should concentrate on improving his life — whatever that meant — and that he seemed intent on doing the opposite . |
| 4 | And that he seemed determined to avoid . |
| 5 | She asked after you and was pleased when I told her how well your business was doing and that you seemed in good spirits since she said she had been anxious for you . |
| 6 | That I did in fact think this way , and that her assumptions about my assumptions were in fact correct , is borne out by the fact that I interpreted her words quickly , and that she seemed perfectly satisfied with my interpretation . |
| 7 | And so they seemed obnoxious , blank and weary |
| 8 | Instead I had to sit and watch him produce the belt , and although he seemed pleased enough with it the incident left me even more empty of joy than before . |
| 9 | And although he seemed full of hope for the future , somehow I thought he would never be very rich or successful . |
| 10 | I fixed a poor nut in a flared pocket , and although it seemed unlikely to hold , attached a sling and stood in it . |
| 11 | But they had done no harm to Timothy Gedge , and if they seemed ridiculous they could n't really help it . |
| 12 | And if it seemed surprising to reflect that the supremely versatile Hampshire trainer has not yet struck in our Classic races , it was even more incredible to learn from the man himself that Dead Certain 's victory in the richest two-year-olds race ever run in this country was his first success in a group one event . |
| 13 | All chemical reactions were in a sense an expression of this principle ; and if it seemed in some case that the weights of the reactants and the products were unequal , then the chemist must have missed something . |
| 14 | I learnt with someone else , did two years and then er that was an accident if you like that I got involved cos somebody wanted me to be involved and and it seemed the right thing at the time . |
| 15 | Opera was rejected in the 60s because modernism found its dependence on human emotions embarrassing and messy , and because it seemed politically inept — a medium housed in monuments to the establishment and inadequate for the expression of political ideologies . |
| 16 | I did it for a bet — with one of my uncles , his side being that I would n't stick to anything — and because it seemed as good a way as any of getting away from home , but I was not uninterested and I have not forgotten my subject . ’ |
| 17 | She raised her tear-stained face to his and it seemed quite natural to place his lips on has , and since she seemed to welcome it , he kept them there . |
| 18 | And when they seemed too beguiling , all she had to do was think of Victoria , and Victoria 's dress account , and Victoria riding with him , and the woman he was meeting tonight — ten to one that was Victoria too . |
| 19 | After the dress , the child took off two white petticoats , and Aggie noticed that the material was quite good ; and when it seemed that the shift was about to be taken off too , she said , ‘ I would keep that on , if I were you ; you have n't got a nightgown . ’ |
| 20 | So she watched him closely , and she tried to read the signs , and when he seemed to be wanting something special she did her best to see that he got it . |
| 21 | And as we seemed to be rather overweighted with gentlemen I have also invited Ingrid — it is her first time in a major role and the enchanting Miss Grimsilk . ’ |
| 22 | That , for some reason , almost made him give up , not the pain , but the familiar bit of furniture , the bed he had slept in for fifteen years , now hopelessly astray and as it seemed attacking him . |
| 23 | There he halted , staring down into the flames , but his stillness had a taut , barely restrained quality that kept her heart beating much too fast , and though he seemed totally absorbed in the glowing fire Isabel sensed he was aware of her every movement . |
| 24 | She preferred to talk about films and books and records , and though she seemed interested in him , asking him about his life , he felt cheated as well as flattered . |
| 25 | That 's where the fuel tanks are located and though it seemed likely that the partial tearing away of the wing had also ruptured the fuel lines and spilled the fuel , there was no way of being sure and no one , again as far as I know , has ever come up against the problem of what happens when an oxyacetylene jet meets a fuel tank under water . |
| 26 | And though it seemed ridiculous to worry about a case like this , there was no doubt the thing had begun to prey on my mind . |