Example sentences of "[adj] that it seemed [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alice Wilson 's cellar dwelling with its brick floor ‘ so damp that it seemed as if the last washing could never dry up ’ would not be far distant from the Davenports ' if the nature of that ‘ dampness ’ were defined . |
| 2 | His triumph was so complete that it seemed to him that he must surely radiate some evident joy . |
| 3 | He leaned his forehead against the stone , and was suddenly so weary and so content that it seemed to him there was nothing left to be desired in life , and nothing more he need strive for . |
| 4 | For there was about her cage a silence and stillness so great that it seemed as if she had disappeared . |
| 5 | Some of the great controversies were so trivial that it seemed as if people had positively to search for something to quarrel about . |
| 6 | Thus death has been ever close to me — so close that it seemed to me at times that I could reach out and touch it . |