Example sentences of "to [pron] it seemed " in BNC.
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| 1 | The waves around these rocks churn up a salty froth that is said to resemble cotton-wool , though to me it seemed more like the foaming spit of an angry sea-serpent . |
| 2 | To me it seemed to hang on the right lip for at least two seconds before it dropped in . |
| 3 | It was funny — when my dad had said it to me it seemed like the rather tired , friendly sort of thing that parents often say to you . |
| 4 | To me it seemed |
| 5 | ‘ Well , to me it seemed a child . |
| 6 | And perhaps through the drinking he sought to meet his father of whom he spoke so little and to whom it seemed , the older he grew , he meant so little . |
| 7 | Michael Swinton is not , of course , one of our most distinguished painters , his style is too obvious , too photographic but I imagine that to you it seemed a wonderful distinction . ’ |
| 8 | Wycliffe had no maxims , but that was exactly what was being done , though to him it seemed of paramount importance to build a clear picture of the victim himself . |
| 9 | To her it seemed that they were closing in on her , and she looked ahead nervously , seeing that Lucenzo 's rapid stride had taken him out of sight . |
| 10 | I found the uncles and their wives , and the cousins , too , who were respectively scruffy and stuffy , trying and used to dread the annual get-together — though now I thought back to it it seemed I 'd always enjoyed it in the event . |