Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] seemed to be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The squire 's white velvet purse had weighed him down , and though he had slipped it out of his jerkin and felt it sink past his feet , coins still seemed to be clinging to his armpit . |
| 2 | In the mid-1970s things still seemed to be going well . |
| 3 | Even the ex-scumnik , Tundrish , spoke with reasonable fluency , though in his case concepts sometimes seemed to be lacking to accompany the words which burbled from his mouth , as if as yet he possessed more words than meanings . |
| 4 | Since she 'd met him things that were normally buried fathoms deep seemed to be floating to the surface . |
| 5 | The hand-claps sometimes seemed to be keeping time with my leisurely steps as I wandered under the arcades in the hot night , but that was just a coincidence . |
| 6 | Both sides indeed seemed to be pleading for German support against the other . |
| 7 | In retrospect the debates on the Bill had a curious air of unreality … government spokesmen often seemed to be stating simple lessons in economic theory … |
| 8 | It was as big as the island itself , if not bigger , and the rocks below seemed to be wobbling under the strain of holding it up . |