Example sentences of "but it seem a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she could have walked it in five minutes , then the cab should have done it in less , but it seemed a long five minutes before it stopped again and the cab driver opened the door , saying , ‘ Here we are then , lass . ’ |
| 2 | After that came my Marx and Schweitzer phase but I started getting greedy and wanting them all rolled into one and then somebody told me that we 've got to learn to love ourselves , so I tried that but it seemed a bit selfish . |
| 3 | I designed the itinerary , of course , for high political resonance , but it seemed a good idea to take in beautiful towns and routes . |
| 4 | The exclusion only lasted a few minutes , but it seemed a lifetime to her . |
| 5 | God knows why , because I was n't entertaining and I never went in pubs , but it seemed a good idea at the time . |
| 6 | There were a few diplomatic handshakes as the players left the field at the end , but it seemed a relief that an extra week lay between this Test match and the next , and it could only be hoped that work would continue behind the scenes to impress upon these cricketers , especially the more excitable ones , that the game does not deserve to be abused . |
| 7 | We were n't really in love , but it seemed a very great deal like it at the time , before we spoiled it ; we both thought we were , and how can you tell for sure when it 's the first time and you 've nothing to compare it with ? |
| 8 | The thought did come to his mind a week or so later that she might have been in love with him , but it seemed a ludicrous idea as well as self-congratulatory , and he put it by . |
| 9 | It did n't make us rich , and it was hard work , but it seemed a kind of — good , worthwhile occupation — growing things … ’ |
| 10 | How the British depended on tea — but it seemed a good idea . |
| 11 | The house I was after was on the south side , that much I knew , but it seemed a pretty standard sort of street with terraced houses down both sides , distinguished only by the colours of the front doors where the residents had actually bothered to renew the paintwork . |
| 12 | But it seemed a shame not to send them to people who need shoes . |
| 13 | Video re-runs hinted that Dowie had impeded a defender thus giving Quinn the necessary space but it seemed a harsh decision . |
| 14 | yes but it seemed a bit far fetched , if they said that |
| 15 | But it seemed a long time . |
| 16 | Well course she can but it seemed a bit strange that he said that this morning . |
| 17 | But it seems a shame not to challenge yourself because other people say you 're not as good as you used to be . |
| 18 | But it seems a pity that he had to leave Education when the changes in the system still have so far to run . |
| 19 | I daresay we could now , there must be a bus or a car she could hire , but it seems a bit hard . ’ |
| 20 | But it seems a waste of the resources to er have er , ten different meetings for thirty cases we that 's , that 's my view but , I would like to see another report at the next meeting so as we can compare . |
| 21 | It 's probably only a you know a matter of seconds but it seems a long time . |
| 22 | But it seems a sort of magic , to be able to call my past back . |
| 23 | But it seems a tremendous victory . |
| 24 | Farmers in the past , just as now have had to weigh their goods somewhere , but it seems a curious activity to carry out in the middle of a field and down through quite a number of generations ( the weights span at least two centuries ) . |
| 25 | Not that there 's any reason why he should , ’ she added hastily , ‘ But it seems a bit odd , all the same . ’ |
| 26 | But it seems a small number of former workers may still fight on in industrial tribunals . |
| 27 | Obviously , I understand that this course is to be built mainly for the benefit of the people who 'll buy the new houses , but it seems a pity that natural unspoilt countryside should be bulldozed to make way for what 's really just a few rich people 's pastime . ’ |
| 28 | Obviously you 're most welcome to stay , but it seems a shame to disrupt your day . ’ |
| 29 | Barrie Lamb , chairman of the Darlington Railway Preservation Society , explained : ‘ Quite a few historians have written about this building but it seems a bit odd that none of them knew the exact date it opened . |
| 30 | When this matter was discussed at housing committee , I believe it 's only last week but it seems a lot longer ago , I spoke at some length about the errors and fallacies in the report arguing against a case that officers have put forward , pointing out mistakes and erroneous conclusions that seem to have been drawn from some very flimsy evidence . |