Example sentences of "[adj] it seemed to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The further east the northern Devon type was found , the larger it seemed to be . |
| 2 | At first it seemed to be a motiveless crime , but then police found out about Michelle 's passionate affair with Alison 's husband . |
| 3 | She wrote , ‘ You ca n't imagine how strange it seemed to be journeying thus , without any visible cause for progress other than the magical machine , with its flying white breath and rhythmical , unvarying pace … ‘ |
| 4 | Nobody had seen Edward Balliol unfortunately , but apart from that it seemed to be success all the way . |
| 5 | Yes and eventually Shirley and I thought , well I mean , we spent weeks grouting , we grouted and we grouted and still water was coming through and we grouted and at last it seemed to be dry and the man came and did the re-artexing on the insurance and I had wa new wallpaper put up , for which I paid extra because he only allowed eight pounds a roll , the insurance company only pays eight pounds a roll and I had eleven pound wallpaper and a border and having got the whole thing up the s the patches have appeared again ! |