Example sentences of "but [adv] it seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | But suddenly it seemed to become very angry with the English visitor , who was talking to it . |
| 2 | But anyway it seemed to work all right so . |
| 3 | But nevertheless it seems like a reasonable hypothesis the that that er expectations about future prices are revised in proportion , er the errors in expectations in the previous period , alright . |
| 4 | Rachel was about to protest — this sounded like dangerous ground — but somehow it seemed the lesser of two evils and as she turned the key in the ignition she felt a flutter of excitement and she knew , deep down , that she wanted to go with him . |
| 5 | But always it seemed impossible that you would ever sit on the polished seat of a flushing lavatory again . |
| 6 | Crisp had slowed almost to a trot , but still it seemed that he might hold on . |
| 7 | Now she felt better , but still it seemed that everything had changed . |
| 8 | I 've had the front hub off and checked it all , renewing the gasket but still it seems to be losing oil.l hope you can help as I do n't really want to get the garage to sort it out as it will cost a small fortune . |
| 9 | All right — I know I 'm exaggerating , but frankly it seems so trivial that it 's almost become a political version of the World Cup . |
| 10 | But now it seemed as natural as the confluence of two rivers and needed no words at all . |
| 11 | They had supposed the threat of Naggaroth all but extinguished , but now it seemed that the Dark Elves had merely been rebuilding their strength . |
| 12 | I would n't have omitted him three hours before , but now it seemed I must face up to the situation as it was without him . |
| 13 | She might have resented his calm assumption that she would prefer to holiday in England at another time , but now it seemed nothing would affect her serenity . |
| 14 | Only a few years before , Camille had been acutely concerned about her mother 's appearance , sometimes refusing to be seen with her in public , but now it seemed that she no longer minded : she had expropriated from Scarlet 's wardrobe those few articles that she felt would suit herself and had thereafter left her mother to her own devices . |
| 15 | But now it seemed terrible that they should be able to talk so naturally while Dr. Lorrimer lay there dead upstairs . |
| 16 | But now it seemed this Adam Burns was determined to dredge up her other life all over again . |
| 17 | She 'd lied about it out of pique , but now it seemed to be turning to her advantage . |
| 18 | Once , if addressed in such a tone , he would have denied his hunger stiffly , even while it stared nakedly out of his eyes ; but now it seemed he had learned sense enough not to climb on his high horse quite so easily and unprofitably . |
| 19 | But now it seems the kids are into stuff like ours . |
| 20 | But now it seems that far from causing cancer , an ingredient in some Pills may possibly help to treat it . |
| 21 | So all , as I say erm , never used to be able to die with asthma there was but very few , but now it seems to be more common because people are not going for help when they need it . |
| 22 | Many of these insect-feeding birds have a line of bristles around their beaks which at one time were thought to channel weakly-flying insects into the open beak but now it seems more likely that they do no more than protect the birds ' eyes as they deliberately plunge through clouds of insects . |
| 23 | gentleman came to this house it seemed to be that he challenged the establishment and many of us welcomes that view it seemed to give a breath of fresh air , but now it seems to me that he 's become entirely institutionalised , can he explain that to the house ? |
| 24 | Every time she went out she missed his pleading eyes and thumping tail ; but today it seemed worse than ever , somehow , to set forth quite alone . |
| 25 | But abruptly it seemed to me that the moment should have meaning , even if it were to my discredit . |
| 26 | But then it seemed to snowball from ‘ Hunky Dory ’ into ‘ Ziggy Stardust ’ because after playing one or two gigs as an acoustic outfit , it seemed to be natural to take it that step further — to add the bass and add the drums and make it bigger and better — more of a show of it — and so it evolved into ‘ Ziggy Stardust ’ . |
| 27 | I see now it was all sexual jealousy , but then it seemed a betrayal of principles . |
| 28 | But then it seemed somehow natural and inevitable . |
| 29 | Some stores had started cutting prices before Christmas , but then it seemed customers were keeping their money in their pockets . |
| 30 | This sounds a plausible theory , but unfortunately it seems not to work too well in practice . |