Example sentences of "man seemed " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he put his foot on the doorstep , a young man seemed to jostle him — it was young McCulloch from Weem , the sulky handsome lad with the curly head — why had he come hanging about here instead of hearing his own man preach in Weem ? |
| 2 | Considering that he had just made a pointless journey of several thousand miles , the young man seemed remarkably equable and spent almost the entire journey sitting cross-legged , spooning purple yoghurt into his mouth from an enormous jar and reading a novel by Thomas Mann . |
| 3 | Exceedingly self-reliant , each man seemed to be able to do his own thinking and to be purely democratic and independent in his ideas and purposes . |
| 4 | The old man seemed lost for a moment . |
| 5 | And just as Koestler the man seemed devoid of small talk , so too all the writings that followed were pertinent and direct , never trivial or sloppy . |
| 6 | At this the thin man seemed more anxious than ever . |
| 7 | As she stirred , the man seemed to become aware of her presence . |
| 8 | Delaney and Forster exchanged quick , worried glances , for the man seemed to be on the verge of total derangement . |
| 9 | Redundancy and a wrecked career as a forgotten man seemed inevitable until right out of the blue Graham Taylor threw me a lifeline and persuaded me to join him at Aston Villa . |
| 10 | The young man seemed embarrassed , as if he had said too much , though he had barely said anything . |
| 11 | Such was Johnson 's dominance that Jack London wrote : ‘ Plucky , but absolutely helpless , the white man seemed to be a victim of a playful Ethiopian who did just as he would ’ ( quoted by Gillmore , 1975 , p.29 ) . |
| 12 | The young man seemed mesmerised by the gentle gaze of the beast on the wall . |
| 13 | The man seemed to think that everything said to him was excruciatingly tedious and barely worth his attention . |
| 14 | Still , the little man seemed somehow to get by . |
| 15 | The old man seemed to have lost interest in it . |
| 16 | The tall dark-faced man seemed to have no problem managing his robes , though his haste did n't do him much good . |
| 17 | The man seemed not to be listening ; he was cursing her — a growing crescendo of long-hoarded hatred and fear . |
| 18 | Carey led Piper back into the other half of the room , but the old man seemed to have other things to do . |
| 19 | Clare wondered suspiciously why this sensationally good-looking man seemed not to have any New Year 's plans . |
| 20 | But the man seemed to be holding a round turnip-shaped watch in his hand and glaring at it . |
| 21 | The man seemed sunk in his thoughts . |
| 22 | The man seemed reluctant to leave . |
| 23 | The army man seemed pained . |
| 24 | The MI5 man seemed to suddenly shake his bulk to wake himself up and remind himself that the chief inspector was still in the car with him . |
| 25 | The man seemed stunned . |
| 26 | The life-size image of the old man seemed to look down at Li Shai Tung , its dark eyes magnificent , its whole form filled with power . |
| 27 | The fact that this singular , somewhat oppressive female was seeking out a religious man seemed absurd . |
| 28 | Although his eyes were red , the young man seemed calm — until Huy handed him a cup of beer . |
| 29 | The old man seemed to understand . |
| 30 | The old man seemed sad . |