Example sentences of "it seem to [be] [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | When it seemed to be getting out of hand , he insisted that its aim was to improve the system , not to change it . |
| 2 | It seemed to be getting nearer and nearer but we were still pretty cheerful . |
| 3 | It seemed to be operating from the back room of a house . |
| 4 | Um maybe it was particularly controversial because it seemed to be accusing er people , men in the family , particularly fathers , of having abused their children anally with all this sort of y'know homosexual connotations of that which activated the number of , as well as a number of fears about about child sex abuse and being a child abuser , it activated a number of rather more homophobic fears , both among the people so accused and in c our culture generally and er that perhaps explains why this er particular incident was so was so compelling and attracted so much com er publicity , according to Campbell anyway . |
| 5 | It seemed to be moving quite rapidly . |
| 6 | John marvelled at the way it seemed to be thinking for itself . |
| 7 | The shrine and the whole house shook and the ground beneath it seemed to be shifting away as though in an earthquake . |
| 8 | It seemed to be tied to his neck . |
| 9 | It seemed to be dividing it . |
| 10 | Erm they began the union just before I left Bellany and of course it was cried down and erm they had meetings and the lot , and then all the miners were on strike at the time , and er my father and brother were both miners and er my brother was very friendly with Mr and Mr next door and er anyway er we decided to come out on strike for Bellany 's union and of course erm they , the , one , I think it was Mr said Joey he said er did you know we 're out on strike here and my brother said it seemed to be catching does n't it he did n't say he could n't say I worked there you see but erm it , it caused an upset but still up to a point the unions were good because we 're all badly underpaid for what we did , and the hours we worked they would n't tolerate it nowadays , but erm I forget er I joined the union and if you did n't you were a blackleg you know you , they wanted you to join the union from then I 've been in the union all , until I finished work but erm they , they got us our rises and er as I say the , the money was n't er very good and then the union did fight for the rises and they 'd got to pay it or lose all the er employees but erm I was , I was satisfied with without it , I 've been satisfied with my life you know I 've had , there 's been humorous there 's been sad but erm I 'm still able to get around and that 's the main thing . |
| 11 | It seemed to be regarded a little shyly , as though its language were faulty , or its reference to pleasure ill-advised . |
| 12 | It seemed to be run for the benefit of chaps who wanted a good time — not chaps who wanted to re-create their public schools . |
| 13 | It seemed to be looking for something . |
| 14 | It seemed to be watching them . |
| 15 | And it seemed to be singing . |
| 16 | It was a very small patch , about the size of a postage stamp , and the two sides of it seemed to be splitting down the middle and opening slowly outwards , like a pair of shutters on some tiny window . |
| 17 | He tried the door to the parcels office , but it seemed to be locked tightly . |
| 18 | It seemed to be locked on to some invisible beam that was projecting from out of June 's vagina . |
| 19 | Not only did it fail to achieve all the gains on which it seemed to be calculating in embarking on the assault , but it sustained one particularly debilitating blow in the course of it . |
| 20 | This was because , despite its deficiencies in terms of theory , it seemed to be borne out so well by observation . |
| 21 | It seemed to be made of rubber . |
| 22 | And it seemed to be made from millions of tiny fibres , fixed firmly together by the artist 's special secret process , which I think he called Solidity Polarization . |
| 23 | It seemed to be calling to them and Carrie thought of fairy tales she had read — you looked back at something behind you and were caught in its spell ! |
| 24 | It seemed to be calling out to him , calling out to his feeling , his very being . |
| 25 | She wrote , ‘ You ca n't imagine how strange it seemed to be journeying thus , without any visible cause for progress other than the magical machine , with its flying white breath and rhythmical , unvarying pace … ‘ |
| 26 | It seemed to be charged with all power ; not merely to symbolize God but actually to be God . |
| 27 | It seemed to be affecting her brain as much as her breathing . |
| 28 | Further along the bay , it seemed to be taking five flunkeys in grey uniforms a lot of effort to usher one middle-aged man into a chauffeur-driven Bentley . |
| 29 | It seemed to be spreading . |
| 30 | It seemed to be competing in the age-old quest for the secret of perpetual motion and drove everyone bananas . |