Example sentences of "seem to be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole Brigade seemed to be on deck admiring the coastline in front of us . |
| 2 | Pockets of resistance still remained in 1922 , in Tambov , Siberia , Georgia , and Central Asia : seemingly safe areas , like the Smolensk and Kursk gubernii , were not as stable as they seemed to be on the surface . |
| 3 | The country seemed to be on a knife-edge , with a minority government , the economy poised on the edge of collapse , and potential disorder in industrial relations , racial matters , and the affairs of the Celtic fringe . |
| 4 | SID , the German news agency , said : ‘ At a end of a hearing of which the DLV 's legal commission was out of its depth with the case and from the start seemed to be on the side of Krabbe , Breuer and Moller , there was a scandalous ruling . ’ |
| 5 | Her fiancé seemed to be on a Cook 's tour of the Middle East , and she had a touching faith in my opinion as to his current safety . |
| 6 | The air was sweet with the smell of bread from the bakeries which seemed to be on every other street corner . |
| 7 | Delaney and Forster exchanged quick , worried glances , for the man seemed to be on the verge of total derangement . |
| 8 | No one stepped forward , no one seemed to be on the lookout for a stranger and the other passengers quickly dispersed . |
| 9 | He was certainly an attractive man , with bright , smiling eyes and a face which always seemed to be on the point of laughter . |
| 10 | Much of the recorded research seemed to be on the ability ( or non-ability ) to distinguish different sounds or single words through the tactile sense , mainly with deaf children in mind . |
| 11 | She was still taking medication after her breast cancer operation but she seemed to be on top form and very bubbly and full of plans for the future . |
| 12 | Their idea seemed to be on the right track but the quantities of helium were never going to fill an airship . |
| 13 | At times we seemed to be on an unavoidable collision course with menacing sharp edged rocks , only to be swept clear by the current at the last minute . |
| 14 | He always seemed to be on the move … |
| 15 | It was extraordinary , but suddenly we seemed to be on quite different terms . |
| 16 | It had been an indifferent season for the New York Yankees , the team he had followed faithfully for thirty years , and , at 4-I down to the Detroit Tigers with two innings left , defeat seemed to be on the cards for a third successive game . |
| 17 | I had flashes of recall so many times seemed to be on the verge of knowing who I really was . |
| 18 | The Vietnam War really appeared to be near its end , and the economy , shaken by the rise in world oil prices and the inflation produced by the war , seemed to be on the mend . |
| 19 | They were all grins and seemed to be on top of the world . |
| 20 | Her eyes seemed to be on the ceiling , watching them . |
| 21 | Trade unionism in the countryside seemed to be on the crest of a wave and the sense of exhilaration was increased when in 1920 the system of price guarantees and wages boards was extended into peacetime . |
| 22 | Grey stone walls rose about them , and winged roofs surfaced with rose-red tiles caught the sun so that they seemed to be on fire . |
| 23 | Just at the moment when the establishment figures on both sides of the Atlantic were talking about substantial cuts in military spending , when the role of the hawkish political leaders was being eclipsed , when the United States seemed to be floating away from its international role , and new self-confident Europe seemed to be on the verge of creation , Iraq invaded Kuwait . |
| 24 | All of them seemed to be on rather intimate terms with the proprietress , who was a very handsome , dark-haired woman , tall and well-built , with penetrating eyes . |
| 25 | Seemed to be on kissing terms with half the chaps in the cricket ground , when we got there . |
| 26 | But biography had perhaps peaked as the hardback genre , and travel writing , except by the acknowledged masters , seemed to be on the decline in bookshops . |
| 27 | When I held up my hand , it , too , seemed to be on fire . |
| 28 | The only one who was less than whole-hearted in his support was George Birkitt , whose mind seemed to be on something else ( no doubt whether his billing would be affected by Michael Banks 's demise , and whether it was really appropriate for him to stay -in the show and play a smaller part than Charles Paris ) . |
| 29 | He seemed to be on good terms with the people behind the bar . |
| 30 | Perhaps that was why every cell of her normally controlled body seemed to be on red alert in Rune Christensen 's presence . |