Example sentences of "words seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | The words seemed to flesh her out again . |
| 2 | I ca n't hear myself think ! ’ she tried to say , but once again the words seemed to stick in her throat and come out as a croak . |
| 3 | And yet , in her case , it did not appear to him that she had been struck down by any kind of ordinary post-natal depression , as Adams 's next words seemed to confirm . |
| 4 | Her words seemed like an accusation . |
| 5 | She tried to pray but , strangely , the words seemed to have got muddled up . |
| 6 | The words seemed to him grudging , almost a small treachery . |
| 7 | He sat still and his words seemed to come crawling up the sunlight , over the grass . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've come to find you ! ’ he cried , struggling back to his feet ; but the words seemed to blur into a shout that was almost meaningless . |
| 9 | The words seemed to clog in his throat , then come free in little gouts and spurts . |
| 10 | In practice , fine words seemed to produce few practical benefits . |
| 11 | The words seemed to jump at her : |
| 12 | When he repeated himself , the words seemed to sink in . |
| 13 | Jimmy 's words seemed to stick and hold inside Cardiff 's mind . |
| 14 | But the meanings of the words seemed to dart away from her like a shoal of minnows as she advanced upon them , and she felt more uneasy still . |
| 15 | The words seemed to catch in her throat . |
| 16 | Bass , tenor , alto and soprano ; the words seemed to glide up and down the scale from moment to moment with no consistency . |
| 17 | Words seemed to stick in her throat . |
| 18 | The words seemed dragged out of me , my voice subdued . |
| 19 | The words seemed to make him smile , but there was no cruelty in it . |
| 20 | No matter how long the lance master lectured him about truth to oneself , inner nobility and purity , the words seemed hollow in the light of his first remarks . |
| 21 | The sound of these words seemed to break her very heart . |
| 22 | The callousness of Luke 's words seemed out of character — and out of place for a mere historical discussion . |
| 23 | The words seemed to trip over each other in her enthusiasm . |
| 24 | The words seemed weighed carefully . |
| 25 | Once more Margaret Seymour-Strachey 's words seemed to come from the front of her head , and to be as contradictory as words usually are when they do n't represent what one is really thinking about . |
| 26 | The words seemed to vibrate against the softness of her cotton-clad flesh , which was in such disturbing contact with his musk-scented blue shirt . |
| 27 | To her fury her impassioned words seemed to amuse him . |
| 28 | The words seemed squeezed between the compressed lips . |
| 29 | His next words seemed to confirm this . |
| 30 | Her words seemed to break a spell . |