Example sentences of "she seemed to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jack Foley 's eyes rarely left Nan 's face , but she seemed to be unaware of this and talked as if all three of them were equal partners in the conversation . |
| 2 | For they were melting as she stood there , and she seemed to be liquid inside too , her limbs strangely turning to water . |
| 3 | ‘ However , although he lavished all his love and many gifts on his adored wife , she seemed to be unhappy . |
| 4 | She seemed to be asleep . |
| 5 | She seemed to be asleep . |
| 6 | In her wisdom she seemed to be aware of the delicacy of the situation and she was taking great care not to say anything to embarrass her companion . |
| 7 | I was off duty and Kate was alone , on night duty — ’ She seemed to be rambling , and Juliet wanted to prompt her , get her back to the subject . |
| 8 | Sam answered , she seemed to be alone in the house … ’ |
| 9 | Her gaze was dark , and hinted at some impossibly deep sense of pain ; and for a moment Lucy felt a certain regret , if not shame , at the way that she seemed to be ready to manipulate any situation for whatever advantage she could get . |
| 10 | She felt she must make sure he knew why she was doing this — for Marguerite alone and not because she seemed to be unable to resist when he held her . |
| 11 | I mean no one noticed anything unusual about her and she seemed to be full of plans for the wedding . ’ |
| 12 | Once on the ferry , Amanda and he had gone to the snack-bar and eaten prepacked sausage rolls and washed them down with beer ; she seemed to be able to drink quantities without degenerating into giggles like one or two earlier companions . |
| 13 | She seemed to be refined or reduced , essential early woman unquestioning of man 's right to dominate , to take , the sexual politics of her century in subjugation to the powerful natural instinct towards surrender , its cost a paltry payment against the ecstatic rewards promised by Luke 's virility . |