Example sentences of "seem as [subord] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fear often played tricks with my perception and now it seemed as if I was losing my grip of reality . |
| 2 | For them the time must have flown by , but for me it seemed as if I 'd been standing out there all morning ! |
| 3 | It seemed as if I were speaking it … |
| 4 | I did n't accept er the opportunity to retire and take it easy , it seemed as if I had worked twenty seven years for nothing ! |
| 5 | It seems as if I have been here a lot longer than a few years , and I do not think that I could ever fit into an institutional regime again . |
| 6 | ‘ It seems as if I really do need to lie down , ’ she said faintly , and then he had swept her off the ground and was carrying her to one of the low , comfortable sofas in a private alcove where donors who were feeling faint could eat and drink in peace and quiet as they recovered . |
| 7 | I suppose I do n't love you any more here than when we 're walking together in Ladbroke Grove — how romantic that might sound to a foreigner , by the way — and yet it seems as if I do . ’ |
| 8 | I feel very bitter about this , it seems as if I 've been wasting my time . ’ |
| 9 | I feel very bitter about this , it seems as if I 've been wasting my time . ’ |
| 10 | I write about Agnes , I try to imagine her , I let her sit on a bench in the sauna , walk around Paris , leaf through a magazine , talk with her husband , but the thing that started it all , the gesture of a woman waving to a lifeguard by the side of a pool , it must seem as if I had forgotten that . |
| 11 | Oh , I should n't have phoned you ; I might have known you 'd make it seem as if I 'm moaning . |
| 12 | ‘ You 're twisting the facts , making it seem as if I 'm just acting a part ! |