Example sentences of "it seemed [conj] " in BNC.

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1 It seemed that the men pooled their money to help survive .
2 I looked around , and it seemed that everyone was looking at Kezia .
3 At first , it seemed that the antics of marine woodworms in the piling of Barmouth 's 115 span timber bridge would rob the Cambrian coast of its railway , but BR surprisingly stumped up £500,000 for short-term repairs , and , after a seven-month closure , the line was back in business .
4 Yesterday not only were the Xhosas out in force , it seemed that a convention of the entire Mass Democratic Movement - essentially the exiled ANC 's internal representatives — had been called .
5 It seemed that the police , in Leipzig at least , had lost their enthusiasm for beating up citizens pressing for change .
6 As the first one had managed to flutter down , it seemed that the rest should be able to do the same , but I judged it safer to load them into a cardboard box and lower them gently .
7 It seemed that I was asleep for just a few minutes when I was awakened by some noisy bastard shouting into the trench .
8 It seemed that he was further along the road .
9 In many ways , then , it seemed that the pressure of welfare policy and social planning had indeed led both to greater equality and to more diffused prosperity as pioneers like Beveridge and theorists like Titmus had long forecast .
10 It seemed that the Prime Minister was unable to dismiss her Chancellor , but was unable to invest him with full confidence either .
11 It seemed that in emotional encounters men and women stood face to face , talking excited nonsense while each looked with agitation into their partner 's eyes .
12 If disputes within the party over policy and doctrine were one symptom of Conservative confusion , another was the ‘ legion of leagues ’ which appeared in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries , when it seemed that hardly a year went by without the founding of some new right-wing association .
13 For a time it seemed that Moran might choose to remain seated and force McQuaid to make his own way out of the house .
14 In fact it seemed that at that time ( early 1977 ) sexual examination had become common practice at Heathrow Immigration Department , apparently carried out at the whim of the officials .
15 For a brief moment it seemed that the rain still hesitated , that it would only patter dispiritedly on the dust-filled gutters where its drops rolled like quick-silver .
16 It seemed that the manager remembered it plainly , too , because as they entered the restaurant , he came from behind his desk like a bolted rabbit and , before Frau Nordern had time to speak , assured her that everything would be in order if only , his hands out wide , beseechingly , if only the gnädige Frau would give him a date .
17 When he did try to make some real contribution to society , it seemed that all he got for his trouble was The Prince was too sensitive , too intelligent , to play the part mapped out for him , the part that his courtiers were there to help maintain .
18 It seemed that when the Prince was not at home , he was playing polo .
19 His Lordship reached that decision without enthusiasm because it seemed that as a matter of common sense , notice should be given in such circumstances before criminal proceedings were launched .
20 The burden inevitably fell mainly on the mothers and it seemed that their loneliness could at least be lessened if they had a regular opportunity to share their experiences .
21 Just when it seemed that a try would be too much to hope for after 30 tedious minutes , the crowd were treated to two first-class efforts , from Ledger and Fox , playing his first game at Hilton Park since he left Leigh for Leeds three years ago .
22 But , while his security forces turned the streets of Bucharest into a killing field , it seemed that Mr Ceausescu was ready to stop at nothing .
23 In fact , it was about the time that David and I both auditioned for Hair and we were both turned down which I thought was quite funny because it seemed that just about everyone else in London got the part , but we were very much the kind of solo singers and perhaps the wrong type .
24 For some weeks , it seemed that the joint US/NZ resolution on drift-netting would founder in the mire of State Department compromise , as successive US proposals were rejected as too weak by the New Zealanders .
25 I no longer saw them , indeed , as legless beings on self moving pedestals as I had done at Salisbury but from being so constantly restricted in movement it seemed that they must be incapable of movement .
26 At first it seemed that his career might even be over , but he fought back .
27 Before the last Test at the Oval , Gower exhorted his troops to ‘ one last , big effort ’ to avoid completely ignominy , and for a while it seemed that they might .
28 At the end of the second day of the Barbados Test , it seemed that perhaps they had .
29 It seemed that only the weather could stop another blackwash .
30 Before the last Test it seemed that Gooch would return home , annoyed at an article written about his South African connections by Lester Bird , the Deputy Prime Minister of Antigua , and tired of the hostile receptions he had been getting from press and public .
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