Example sentences of "seem [prep] if it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first it seemed as if it had happened to someone else , and entertaining on that merit alone . |
| 2 | To Rachel that all now seemed as if it had been in another time , another world and it had only been in the last few days with the reappearance of David Markham that the memories had been revived . |
| 3 | ‘ It seems as if it has become fashionable to suggest that Manchester United might suddenly become nervous . |
| 4 | It was the first physical contact between them for four years , but for just an instant it had seemed as if it had only been yesterday when she had last touched him . |
| 5 | He 'd wanted to drive until anything he remembered would seem as if it had happened to someone else . |
| 6 | It may seem as if it has been with us forever , but the ubiquitous American Express chargecard has , in fact , only been around for 35 years . |
| 7 | No school-children so far , but I can hear the first faint scrapes and slushing of householders beginning to clean their pavements , and the sound is strange and hard to recognise in the almost silent air , seeming as if it came from a long distance , a country sound in the wrong place . |