Example sentences of "seem as [subord] [pron] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She has all the best of me without my bad side , and if she were yours , it would almost seem as if we were not separated by death . |
| 2 | His reason is that he can not be sure of what code of manners were followed there and if they were not the same as his it would seem as if he were almost a bully in chasing down someone below his class . |
| 3 | ‘ It made it seem as if it was going to be superficial . |
| 4 | The whole scene to my informant was as clear as a bell , but on reflection it would seem as if it was part of an earlier railway system . |
| 5 | Sometimes it can seem as if it was yesterday . |
| 6 | It did n't read like some pick-up place where everyone went off together for topless holidays ; nor did it make it seem as if it was your fault for not having a social life . |
| 7 | I was getting used to the odd feeling of distance , which made it seem as if it was all about someone else , but it was alarming to see how most of the articles highlighted the love-story angle , rather than the conditions in which John was held or the reasons I 'd given as to why the Government should be doing more . |
| 8 | It was not warm , but it was sheltered from the wind outside , and the stillness and randomness of the tools and litter gave it an almost religious significance , made it seem as if it was waiting . |
| 9 | Why was he making it seem as if it was her fault , her choice ? |
| 10 | ‘ He … he made it seem as if it was somehow … my fault . |
| 11 | Certain it is , in stormy weather , from any point of the compass you will have a blow on Stormy Hill , and it does further seem as if it were tenanted by those who in the voyage of life have weathered storms quite as real , — long sickness , pinching poverty , and mayhap , in some cases , that very terrible malady when it becomes chronic , a disinclination to regular work ; and their present lot is one of storms , — few comforts and short allowance even of the needs of life within doors , and the wintry blasts without ; and failing health and increasing age give small prospect of much more of the sunshine or fewer of the blasts on this side of the dark River Jordan . |
| 12 | To begin with , it did not seem as if anything was going to happen . |
| 13 | It did not seem as if there were bones broken , despite the height of the fall . |
| 14 | A sudden wave of panic swept over her and she glanced at the others but it did n't seem as if she was going to learn anything for the moment . |