Example sentences of "seem as [conj] [pron] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed as if they 'd been wrong about one thing and only too right about the other . |
| 2 | I knew so little about who had held them and how they had got out , it seemed as if they had come from a different world , a different time . |
| 3 | I did n't accept er the opportunity to retire and take it easy , it seemed as if I had worked twenty seven years for nothing ! |
| 4 | For them the time must have flown by , but for me it seemed as if I 'd been standing out there all morning ! |
| 5 | At first it seemed as if it had happened to someone else , and entertaining on that merit alone . |
| 6 | To Rachel that all now seemed as if it had been in another time , another world and it had only been in the last few days with the reappearance of David Markham that the memories had been revived . |
| 7 | Yet she had timed her appearance so exactly that it seemed as if she had been forewarned of the train 's arrival . |
| 8 | For there was about her cage a silence and stillness so great that it seemed as if she had disappeared . |
| 9 | ‘ Seemed as if she had that one last flare of light before she went out . ’ |
| 10 | Here she felt lonely and depressed , as it seemed as if she 'd made no progress and was back in the same vicious circle again . |
| 11 | It seemed as if she 's been awaiting this opportunity for years . |
| 12 | It seemed as if he 'd thought of everything . |
| 13 | It seemed as if you 'd swept those moments from your mind — at least , you made me feel you were doing your best to forget them . ’ |
| 14 | The road to the Fire Court looked quite straightforward really ; it seemed as if you had to go past a large lake and on down a narrow , windy mountain road with houses dotted on each side . |
| 15 | The 18th-century mountain traveller John Macculloch described Sutherlands as containing ‘ mountains which seem as if they had tumbled from the clouds , having nothing to do with the country or each other . ’ |
| 16 | You seem as if you have been taking the walk in the rain . |
| 17 | It seems as if they 've met before ; ’ |
| 18 | It seems as if there 's been more in recent months . |
| 19 | I feel very bitter about this , it seems as if I 've been wasting my time . ’ |
| 20 | I feel very bitter about this , it seems as if I 've been wasting my time . ’ |
| 21 | It seems as if I have been here a lot longer than a few years , and I do not think that I could ever fit into an institutional regime again . |
| 22 | ‘ It seems as if it has become fashionable to suggest that Manchester United might suddenly become nervous . |
| 23 | The shock can have a sudden and lasting effect ; the woman 's energy is no longer channelled into her appearance , and it seems as if she has made up the extra ten years , and more , all at once . |
| 24 | ‘ And at times it has almost seemed as if everyone has had something to say about me , and it has often been those people who have never read The Satanic Verses who have had the most to say . |
| 25 | It was the first physical contact between them for four years , but for just an instant it had seemed as if it had only been yesterday when she had last touched him . |
| 26 | And it would seem as if he had always loved men , always and only loved men . |
| 27 | He made it seem as if he had gone to New Orleans drunk , got sober and wrote a book . |
| 28 | He 'd wanted to drive until anything he remembered would seem as if it had happened to someone else . |
| 29 | It may seem as if it has been with us forever , but the ubiquitous American Express chargecard has , in fact , only been around for 35 years . |
| 30 | Luckily she had proof , because she did n't think it was going to take long before he took steps to make it seem as if she 'd made a criminally stupid error . |