Example sentences of "it seemed a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed a year before I got him out of there . |
| 2 | If your pond is planted , now is the time to cut back dead growth : although this year it seemed a pity to butcher my waterlilies , which continued to flower right through until late September . |
| 3 | It seemed a pity to see them going out of business . ’ |
| 4 | It seemed a pity to wake Jacqui . |
| 5 | It seemed a pity to wake her . |
| 6 | On consideration , it seemed a pity to waste this beautiful weather immured in her cabin . |
| 7 | It seemed a treat to put a long dress on , I actually enjoyed it ; but to play around in I had jeans and trousers , so I had the best of both worlds really . |
| 8 | It seemed a part of nature 's force , as though it had erupted from the earth rather than being bolted to it . |
| 9 | It seemed a part of him . |
| 10 | Beyond a forestry plantation , the castle appeared again , and closer up it seemed a marvel , with French château-like towers , and a classy name , Classybawn . |
| 11 | And there , it seemed a sign , specially left for me , was a small axe . |
| 12 | It seemed a kind of sacrilege thus to arrange it and pull it about . |
| 13 | It seemed a kind of treason . |
| 14 | It did n't make us rich , and it was hard work , but it seemed a kind of — good , worthwhile occupation — growing things … ’ |
| 15 | There were a few diplomatic handshakes as the players left the field at the end , but it seemed a relief that an extra week lay between this Test match and the next , and it could only be hoped that work would continue behind the scenes to impress upon these cricketers , especially the more excitable ones , that the game does not deserve to be abused . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , to me it seemed a child . |
| 17 | I see now it was all sexual jealousy , but then it seemed a betrayal of principles . |
| 18 | ‘ Put me down , ’ she ordered , in a voice so unlike her own that it seemed a betrayal . |
| 19 | At times it seemed a bit strange to have a university degree and be working so physically hard but in many ways those three years were a very good period . |
| 20 | ‘ It seemed a bit odd , but it was an attempted burglary on his premises and an assault on his body and we had to respect his wishes . |
| 21 | After that came my Marx and Schweitzer phase but I started getting greedy and wanting them all rolled into one and then somebody told me that we 've got to learn to love ourselves , so I tried that but it seemed a bit selfish . |
| 22 | It seemed a bit lukewarm , and we felt we had to go it alone . |
| 23 | It seemed a bit risky to begin on the main pieces of work , so I made a separate swatch . |
| 24 | It seemed a bit of a lark . |
| 25 | Well there seemed to be like er Grove , er Road , Road , it , it seemed a bit better off you know . |
| 26 | ‘ I gathered you all wanted to meet me , so it seemed a bit unkind to make you wait until the following morning … ’ |
| 27 | yes but it seemed a bit far fetched , if they said that |
| 28 | Well course she can but it seemed a bit strange that he said that this morning . |
| 29 | They would have liked to have had a baby together , but she lost triplets , was very ill , and it seemed a family was not to be . |
| 30 | From the air , it seemed a place of beauty , from ground level often horrifying . |