Example sentences of "seemed a " in BNC.
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| 1 | As is often the case , some last-minute idea blossoms while what had seemed a brilliant solution and been pondered for ages falls quite flat . |
| 2 | In both cases , the thing had seemed a sheer impossibility ; he had not thought but known that , being what he was , he was psychologically incapable of doing it ; and then , without any apparent movement of the will , as objective and unemotional as the reading on a dial , there had arisen before him , with perfect certitude , the knowledge ‘ about this time tomorrow , you will have done the impossible ’ . |
| 3 | His unbeaten 214 at Lord 's in 1984 made David Gower 's declaration , which had seemed a good one , look rather whimsical . |
| 4 | Mrs Browning was still pale and shaky as we settled ourselves by the fire ( and what the moon saw , or what it might have seen if its beams could have penetrated the closely-drawn curtains supplemented by plastic sheeting to foil the poison gas , might have seemed a little unusual ; but who can tell what strange sights are enclosed within the cheerful light of a curtained window ? ) . |
| 5 | No wonder he had seemed a bit on edge . |
| 6 | What might have seemed a revelation of God 's extraordinary generosity has turned out to be another expression of his terrible anger . |
| 7 | But on a rainy March afternoon in 1988 it must have seemed a million miles from home . |
| 8 | To many , scepticism has seemed a blind alley and yet , somehow , unavoidable , and much of the literature of the twentieth century has paraded its nihilism as being intellectually justified by the power of the sceptical position . |
| 9 | He has provided the only real glitz and glamour in what has seemed a decidedly lacklustre campaign . |
| 10 | Faces which earlier had seemed a little sombre were now wreathed in ecstatic smiles , and it was clear that this was what they had come to hear . |
| 11 | Brought up at a time when military aircraft would have seemed a fantasy , he later became an expert on one of the most complicated of signal functions , air-land co-operation . |
| 12 | He had always seemed a solid family man , and until his exposure there had been no hint of scandal about him . |
| 13 | Religion there had seemed a natural , relaxed concern . |
| 14 | Of course , I could not have expressed this view to Mr Farraday without embarking upon what might have seemed a presumptuous speech . |
| 15 | It has always seemed a bit of a mystery that the College chose its present Camden Town site . |
| 16 | AT THE OUTSET it must have seemed a superbly simple idea . |
| 17 | More experimentally-minded workers have since found many soft spots in what had seemed a solid concept . |
| 18 | Another casualty of this bombing raid was the Royal West of England School for the Deaf at Exeter , which at that time had seemed a safe haven , not only for the children of the area the school served , but also for the 52 children and staff of the Anerley School for the Deaf , London , who had been evacuated there on 14th September 1939 . |
| 19 | Both set the same frivolous text by Gennaro Federico , which , by the time Paisiello came to write his opera nearly fifty years after Pergolesi 's — must have seemed a little out of date . |
| 20 | Being a nun seemed a far more satisfying life than being a wife and mother . |
| 21 | When I was ten years old somehow choosing to be a boy seemed a good idea , a logical plan to follow . |
| 22 | Yet , it must , this new thin man , he had seemed a gleam of randiness , be the old Rab . |
| 23 | In some alternate , barely credible dimension , this almost inexplicable first shot in the Great Columbus Wars ( Gerard Depardieu and Jim Dale still to come ) must have seemed a really good idea . |
| 24 | Benny had smiled at her but again it had seemed a little as if it were expected . |
| 25 | It had seemed a natural precaution . |
| 26 | She had only met them once and they had seemed a friendly and most devoted couple . |
| 27 | His posting to the War Office had seemed a godsend . |
| 28 | Mr Cubbage must have seemed a good catch with his fine house , handsome looks and with his obvious wealth . |
| 29 | ‘ Being a producer seemed a natural thing to do . ’ |
| 30 | It had seemed a long way away , but in some ways it might be quite close . |