Example sentences of "[ex0] [vb past] [prep] [be] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There got to be somebody there . |
| 2 | And to all Britain 's European allies there seemed to be something incongruous about her ending conscription just as they were trying to expand their conscript forces under American pressure , in order to make the forward defence of Western Europe , which they all desired , a practicable strategy . |
| 3 | And sometimes , leaving his office , he would close his door in such a way that there seemed to be something or someone intriguing behind it , as Richard Miller noticed when he went to talk to him about banking for the contras ; it was deliberately stage-like , impressive . |
| 4 | There seemed to be something which I had not properly understood . |
| 5 | There seemed to be something urgent in the sound . |
| 6 | " Mummy died , " his father said again , and there seemed to be something wrong with the way he said it . |
| 7 | There seemed to be something happening ; his vision was misting over . |
| 8 | There seemed to be something inevitable in the way her glance homed in at once to the familiar figure standing with his back to her reading one of the notices . |
| 9 | There seemed to be plenty to eat , the French are masters at rustling up something to eat at very short notice . |
| 10 | There seemed to be plenty for all . |
| 11 | If I needed money , I collected it from Wemmick at Mr Jaggers ' office , and there seemed to be plenty of money available . |
| 12 | We loved the atmosphere — it had a real buzz about it and there seemed to be plenty of smiling faces around . |
| 13 | The cuts in the hand were superficial and there seemed to be nothing else wrong . |
| 14 | He longed to do some real work that would give him some satisfaction at the end of a day , yet there seemed to be nothing for him to do . |
| 15 | There seemed to be nothing to stop nuclear disarmament that summer , when Eisenhower arrived at Geneva and made his ‘ open skies ’ proposal as a confidence-building measure . |
| 16 | Yet despite being the most powerful man in the world , in command of some of the most deadly and sophisticated weaponry ever designed , there seemed to be nothing he could do . |
| 17 | There seemed to be nothing else nowadays , and in any case Roland did not want to be thought insular . |
| 18 | As we approached the Ruhr , scene of so many destructive raids by the RAF and the American Air Force , and so much loss of life , there seemed to be nothing but ruins in every direction . |
| 19 | I looked out of a window to see what he was looking at , but there seemed to be nothing of great note , only the racegoing passengers streaming off their forward carriages en route to write postcards home from the station . |
| 20 | However , there seemed to be nothing against lending equipment to non-military personnel , and we got most of what was wanted . |
| 21 | Chattering excitedly the children tried to open the other part of the building but it was still padlocked securely , they could see a little through various cracks but there seemed to be nothing of interest in that part . |
| 22 | There seemed to be nothing else to say . |
| 23 | Where she lived , there seemed to be nothing but barbers ' shops and grocery stores , drab haberdasheries , hardware stores and endless pawnshops . |
| 24 | But there seemed to be nothing anybody could do . |
| 25 | His life seemed worthless — he was used to that — but there seemed to be nothing at all to contain it . |
| 26 | Huy looked at him , but there seemed to be nothing to read in the face , beyond a curious anxiety , and a curious devotion . |
| 27 | There seemed to be nothing to say to that . |
| 28 | There seemed to be nothing now to hang the rest of her life on , and Alain had a very disturbing effect on her . |
| 29 | All afternoon there seemed to be nothing to do but wait . |
| 30 | After that , there seemed to be nothing to do , so she went upstairs and lay down on the bed . |