Example sentences of "seemed [adj] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when Biarritz scored a quick try and Blanco landed a sensational penalty from about 60 metres it looked as if a miracle seemed possible simply because so many people passionately wanted it to happen . |
| 2 | She seemed calm enough but the fit she had thrown on first wakening was fresh in his mind . |
| 3 | It seemed clear now that there was a side to Elise which Merrill had n't known at all . |
| 4 | I dare say it seemed distinguished enough while you were living it — distinguished , at least , from other peoples ' lives . " |
| 5 | It seemed improper somehow that someone like Tulagai , his motives suspect , should mock Siban , who had served the Khanate so well , and Alexei thought that he was sorry that he had goaded him into leaving . |
| 6 | But she knew all the same that no-one had thought she might leave the tent which seemed warm now and dense with the presence of Antoine — Only he 's dead now , is n't he ? |
| 7 | They seemed playful rather than aggressive . |
| 8 | It seemed impossible then that Italy could ever recover from the damage it had suffered . |
| 9 | But at least the computer route-finder seemed simple enough and he had no problems in setting it . |
| 10 | It seemed incredible now that Luke had held her in those heart-rocking moments , that the hands which were now thrust deeply into his pockets had caressed her until she was torn with longing . |
| 11 | In some extraordinary way it seemed hotter now than at midday when the blistering sun was overhead ; such faint breeze as there might be from the water seemed to fall utterly it this turn of the tide . |
| 12 | Well , that seemed innocent enough and it was probably best to humour a drunken man . |
| 13 | While her eyes , which had been so clear and proud , seemed tired now and were beginning to fade . |
| 14 | I saw the doctor who said I 'd better go on the hospital wing , which seemed ludicrous simply because I needed to use eye drops and an asthma inhalant and asthma pills . |
| 15 | He seemed happy enough when I called . |
| 16 | Under Rachel 's serene autocracy the firemen agreed that there was nothing much to be done now , that the house seemed safe enough but they should not use the attic until someone ‘ from the department ’ had been and inspected it the next day . |
| 17 | Would n't it take the wind out of his sails more thoroughly if she seemed indifferent rather than angry ? |
| 18 | And already Downes seemed calmer again as he resumed his seat , and Morse resumed his questioning . |
| 19 | In parliament the position seemed worse now that the Unionist leaders sat on the government front bench while their followers continued to sit as the opposition . |
| 20 | It seemed innocuous enough and the client only wanted some basic drawings for approvals . |
| 21 | Prospective owners were required to put down an initial deposit of £50,000 , which seemed fair enough when they had received 1,400 applications and at a time when the prices of exclusive cars were rising to the stratosphere . |
| 22 | He seemed amused rather than offended by Ellen 's defiance . |
| 23 | She half expected him to be angry , but he seemed amused rather than annoyed . |
| 24 | He seemed uninterested rather than disapproving . |
| 25 | I half-wished he could get away — though where would he go if he did ? — and was sorry when they caught him , though he seemed docile enough and stood calmly by his captor , who patted his neck as he threw his head up and down . |
| 26 | Blufton seemed trustworthy enough and had no direct relationship with Nicola . |
| 27 | The streets seemed dirtier here than anywhere else , dirtier even than normal , with paper , empty beer cans and dog dirt distributed lavishly on the pavement and gutters . |
| 28 | However , even more interesting were the large number of cells which seemed active only when the rat visited a particular place in the maze and/or carried out particular behavioural acts ( food searching , drinking or whatever ) in that place . |
| 29 | The story was that the party had landed to remove scrap metal from a former whaling station but their action seemed eccentric rather than threatening . |
| 30 | He seemed bright enough and very eager to learn , but when I went to the school to see his work I found that his handwriting was very , very bad and his spelling was absolutely atrocious , and although he was good at mathematics , as time went on he began to get very worried and very upset about it and when I looked at his work I realized that he was doing a lot of the words back to front and was getting the direction of figures mixed up . |