Example sentences of "[noun] that seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | Night had invaded the heavens , closing around the waxworks like a black fist as impenetrable as the umbra that seemed to fill every inch of the museum . |
| 2 | The matron moved towards Elinor 's bed on legs that seemed to be joined to her feet without ankles : she did not walk so much as stomp . |
| 3 | It is , however , the financial losses of retirement from the labour force that seem usually to be taken as the key to the involuntary shift from independence to dependency in old age . |
| 4 | Since the end of the seventeenth century the Cecils , at Burghley House just outside the town , had controlled the election of both members by a combination of methods that seemed to leave no loophole for a mistake . |
| 5 | A ring that seems to have disappeared . |
| 6 | Several boats had followed and were waiting to transport the tourists back to a civilisation that seemed so very far away from the respite of these fascinating caves . |
| 7 | The ragged plea hit a nerve that seemed connected to her soul . |
| 8 | The rest of the day was n't very clear to Benny because of the heavy cloud of disappointment that seemed to hang over the whole proceedings . |
| 9 | They had n't been hurt , not so much as a graze on them , yet when the all-clear sounded , they came out of their buildings and stood on their street with blank eyes that seemed to stare inwards . |
| 10 | The face was long and pale , with a shaggy beard and eyes that seemed to look out from deep hollows . |
| 11 | He backed away , knowing he was invisible on the darkened landing yet fearful of the pale eyes that seemed to penetrate every shadow with their knowing stare . |
| 12 | There was a humorous light in her keen black eyes that seemed somehow warm and welcoming . |
| 13 | She was nameless ; they called her Fox , for her sandy hair and brows , for the sharply blue eyes that seemed to rake through you and see nothing of interest . |
| 14 | She was a small , round woman with eyes that seemed too small for her face which was flushed red ; it was as much she could do to struggle up , rolling from side to side and , I noticed , smelling of drink . |
| 15 | The most striking thing about him was the intensity of his eyes ; very dark brown , staring , with a simian penetration emphasized by the remarkably clear whites ; eyes that seemed not quite human . |
| 16 | He looked at her with hard eyes that seemed to see every thought she had ever had . |
| 17 | With a helpless sigh she stared into deep grey eyes that seemed to see too much . |
| 18 | Gazing into grey eyes that seemed incredibly gentle and soft , she forgot all about his reasons for being there , forgot everything except this infuriating giant who was slowly but surely destroying her peace of mind , ‘ Why ? ’ she whispered . |
| 19 | Again Isabel looked up , into clear , sympathetic eyes that seemed to offer understanding and infinite tolerance . |
| 20 | Her eyes held Morse 's for a few seconds — eyes that seemed rather timid , yet potentially mischievous , too — until her mouth managed a nervous little ‘ Hullo ’ . |
| 21 | And those eyes that seemed to dance and scowl at the same time from beneath their fringe of long dark lashes gave him a restless , unpredictable air . |
| 22 | It is a passage in Così fan tutte set to Dorabella 's words : ‘ See the fire in his eyes that seem to shoot off flames and darts . ’ |
| 23 | As she turned to walk on she shivered , affected by a chilliness that seemed to be an expression of her revulsion . |
| 24 | She was so proud of herself for getting that out , grinning wildly at the other woman , that Ruth could n't subject her to more and left them for the tennis courts while they unpacked the dusty Seat that seemed to be packed to the gunnels with baskets of clothes and packages . |
| 25 | He was anxious about travelling , and worried that he might miss his train or enter by accident the wrong one : this was a fear that seems to have lingered since his youth when , as he said , " I found a variety of calamities to worry about . |
| 26 | It clearly had a meaning , and it gave a voice to the peculiar state of tension that seemed to pervade both the place and its owner , and which clashed so oddly with the enormous peace of the landscape . |
| 27 | Great pillars of stone swept up to a roof that seemed an infinity away , sunlight was pouring through the stained glass and falling through space to the floor below , and in one of the side chapels a group of French nuns were singing the Angelus by candlelight , their voices weaving round the stone pillars and the shafts of dark and light . |
| 28 | The voice came distantly , accompanied by an echo that seemed to rob it of identity . |
| 29 | Into other fields , other woods , other pastures that seemed sweet but were full , as it turned out , of stinking weeds ! ’ |
| 30 | To avoid the complications of need theories it has become more acceptable to talk about goals , values or work orientations — i.e. to acknowledge that people have tendencies to return to similar ends or goals that seem to be ( sufficiently ) important to them to suggest an underlying theme , pattern or goal behind their behaviour . |