Example sentences of "seem [adv] [adj] for [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the Prince was going to be able to live off it when he finished his naval career and support the wife that everyone seemed so desperate for him to acquire , something radical had to be done . |
| 2 | William seemed almost anxious for him to accept . |
| 3 | On the other hand , no parent that we questioned voiced any suspicions with regard to their own children and they all seemed quite happy for them to attend his youth club . |
| 4 | It seemed quite natural for us to end up slumped together on the ground , leaning unsteadily against each other , watching the children play while the more resilient dancers still staggered and turned in the firelight . |
| 5 | Lee was on a downslope , and it seemed absolutely impossible for him to finish close . |
| 6 | And Labour 's trade spokesman Robin Cook said : ‘ If I was him , I would worry why my colleagues seem so keen for me to stay away . |
| 7 | This method of food-gathering and the inactive mode of life may seem sufficiently dull for us to anticipate that the brachiopods would have changed little in their long history . |
| 8 | Since I 'll be on call anyway , it would seem more sensible for me to fill both roles . ’ |