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

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1 In the High Court it seemed that the " going rate " for personal injury matters in 1991 was about £65 per hour and in the county courts in London in 1991 between £55 and £60 per hour .
2 We were in line with the Craven fault it seemed and in an electric storm the tower and all its domestic equipment spat and sizzled like a jumping cracker .
3 To the outside world it seemed that the man who was providing such a detailed vision of the paper would be editor .
4 During the Cold War it seemed that aliens , like communists , were poised to invade the West .
5 As with all good day dreams you were confident that one day this world would materialize and yet at the same time it seemed as unattainable as another planet .
6 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 .
7 But after our day out when we 'd had such a good time it seemed as though you might care and that we could have a chance .
8 For a heady moment it seemed that they would not be disappointed .
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