Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] seem that " in BNC.

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1 Yet by now Battle Brothers were as mastiffs straining on the leash ; and it began to seem that the cadets might become Scouts in time to participate in the great endeavour , should they be so fortunate .
2 HAVE noticed that any old grandad who can prop himself up on a spade can dig better than I can , and it does seem that although women have virtues not given to men , men also have their gifts .
3 Yet , when I was seven years old , I should have thought him a very silly little boy indeed not to have understood about metaphorically speaking , even if he had never heard of it , and it does seem that what he possessed in the way of scientific approach he lacked in common sense .
4 They claimed that this was an annual event and it does seem that the date coincided with a regular initiation ceremony for new members of their organisation .
5 So far we have hardly looked east of the Aegean ; and it does seem that the distinctive and influential East Greek style made a later start .
6 I have n't smelt anything and it does seem that ICI have given adequate warning . ’
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