Example sentences of "he [vb past] always seem " in BNC.

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1 He 'd always seemed pleasant enough , if a little ‘ over-tired and emotional ’ on occasion .
2 He had always seemed a solid family man , and until his exposure there had been no hint of scandal about him .
3 After Arnold died , Nancy , feeling more strongly than ever what she had always known , that he was the only man she had loved , came to live permanently in the house where he had always seemed happiest , a piece of property he had picked up for a song in the sixties from Barone Dulcibene 's father-in-law , old Count Umberto Baderini .
4 He had always seemed grimly determined never to let her close to him , except physically , and in bed he had wanted her almost too much .
5 He had always seemed so stuffy and plain in his dress .
6 Lately he had always seemed to start the day with a broken window-pane , and then suddenly one morning the front of his shop was boarded up and we never saw Mr Schultz again .
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