Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] seemed to be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His hands and feet seemed to be constantly moving in almost impossibly splendiferous patterns , his eyes shone like June blackberries and there was music in his voice which seemed to roll up in great hopeful waves from deep in his abdomen . |
| 2 | Notions of law and morality seemed to be so far apart that the two sides were talking different languages . |
| 3 | From his study of working class autobiographies , John Burnett has concluded that the virtues of a marriage partner tended to be described in terms of solid calculation , and that compatibility of temperament and affection seemed to be more important than sexual attraction . |
| 4 | Even the dust and horse-smell seemed to be still with him and he reminded you of Lamarr Dean and Early and almost everyone of them you ever saw : all made of the same leather and hardly ever smiling unless they were with their own look-alike brothers . |
| 5 | It was the first Christmas anybody had even been absent and Moran seemed to be painfully aware of Luke 's absence . |
| 6 | And cocaine when it was available , but it was very rare at that time , y'know , but opium seemed to be very stable , there was always opium available and that was the thing that I would always try to achieve , to obtain , y'know . |
| 7 | If only she could have done so — but Con seemed to be further away from her than ever . |