Example sentences of "seem to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It fulfilled none of my expectations and seemed to be merely trying to make me laugh at the fact that it had left me standing there grasping at nothing . |
| 2 | My war seemed to be over . |
| 3 | But more likely is the possibility that it will continue to respond to events , in the way it has done in the past — and there is no guarantee that the evolution Cox envisages will be any more natural than the modernization of Iran seemed to be in the 1970s . |
| 4 | There seemed to be the fairly uncomplicated desire among the community to see all the children attend the same school , as an expression of relationships existing within the community . |
| 5 | As always , he seemed to be apologizing for everything he said or did . |
| 6 | At first Sergeant Bramble thought it was one of the latest Atco motor-mowers but it seemed to be coming from above them . |
| 7 | She gave him a little push and , in a daze , he followed Dorothy and one or two of the others up the stairs to the room that had been and still seemed to be Bunty 's . |
| 8 | They seemed to be arguing . |
| 9 | There seemed to be people about , but I was n't sure . |
| 10 | Everyone we passed seemed to be staring at me . |
| 11 | In comparison with London , everything seemed to be in miniature . |
| 12 | The safest course of action seemed to be to shore up the bunker and make sure I did nothing to upset the fragile eco-system that was supporting me , for however much we wanted to disguise it , I had nothing to fall back on . |
| 13 | There seemed to be no real point in arguing with her . |
| 14 | Up on Tottenham Court Road there were all the gadget shops , all displaying their various ranges of radios , record players , compact-disc players and videos — all of which seemed to be housed in bewilderingly similar sleek black boxes . |
| 15 | Both Jenny and Kathleen were up to various things and I 'd been having a go myself , but although my name was appearing on more and more waiting lists , nothing substantial seemed to be happening . |
| 16 | I was indeed rather dubious about the whole idea , but we had n't been getting very far and there seemed to be no harm in just finding out some more about it . |
| 17 | In 1985 , Cressida Dick , a probationary constable , wrote a prize-winning essay which clearly showed an awareness of this politicization , and asked the sort of questions which few senior officers seemed to be thinking or voicing . |
| 18 | This year seemed to be full of them . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't know about anyone else , ’ said Jay , in the eerily calm eye of the storm , ‘ but you seemed to want me , seemed to be holding back from me and I do n't know why . |
| 20 | I mean , she seemed to be having a good time . |
| 21 | Anderson seemed to be the only person at home ; he sold them jugs of ale , small beer for the children ; James 's credit was good for a stone jar of whisky and one of the Duke 's men was detailed to carry it on his back in a wicker frame . |
| 22 | She looked at the second photo : the person in this one seemed to be dead too . |
| 23 | The Edinburgh student appeared too consistent and resilient for Miss Topper who seemed to be struggling with the slippery court , and she triumphed 3–6 6–1 6–3 an impressive achievement for a No. 7 seed . |
| 24 | The announcement in April 1981 that SLOA had bought a rake of eight Pullman cars , mounted on 100mph Commonwealth bogies and fitted with dual steam/electric heating , seemed to be the answer to a prayer . |
| 25 | As for embellishments , the people organising naming ceremonies seemed to be outnumbered by other policymakers whose desire was to see them progressively removed . |
| 26 | This was no more evident than on the Isle of Wight at the end of 1989 , which seemed to be going backwards despite getting new stock . |
| 27 | The cuts in the hand were superficial and there seemed to be nothing else wrong . |
| 28 | Frank Kermode in The Genesis of Secrecy seemed to be engaging in a severance of world and word , and was called to account by Helen Gardner for doing so . |
| 29 | I have declined to act as external examiner to candidates whose subject or thesis title seemed to be so dubious that a successful treatment of it could only be done by a candidate of exceptional brilliance ; in such cases it is likely that the candidate has had inadequate or misguided supervision . |
| 30 | At the end , the traitor of the English clan hurled his credit cards at his parents ’ grave in what seemed to be a symbol for throwing bad money after good . |