Example sentences of "he seem to [be] " in BNC.
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1 | As always , he seemed to be apologizing for everything he said or did . |
2 | Of the original concept , only weatherman Francis Wilson survives and even he seemed to be making conscious efforts not to call clouds ‘ white , fluffy bits ’ , as has been his trick . |
3 | He seemed to be a lot more cheerful and appeared to have recovered from his bout of depression of the previous evening . |
4 | He had a clean , bare style ; when writing he seemed to be able to slip the burden of his personality as he could never do face to face . |
5 | He seemed to be counting and when he had finished he turned and reacted as Wexford had expected he would . |
6 | He seemed to be having difficulty in controlling the muscles which worked in his forehead and at the corners of his mouth . |
7 | He seemed to be saying it as much to convince himself as to convince all the rest . |
8 | He seemed to be loosening up , only tensing slightly when he noticed the no smoking sign again . |
9 | He seemed to be freezing , in fact . |
10 | But Simon 's reaction was to throw back his head and howl with delight : he seemed to be genuinely amused . |
11 | He seemed to be in a really good mood . |
12 | He seemed to be in a uniform of some sort , a slightly unconventional get-up but unmistakably an officer . |
13 | He seemed to be asleep . |
14 | He seemed to be smiling and then he was gone . |
15 | But back in the mid-Eighties he seemed to be taking his role a little too seriously . |
16 | But on screen too , he seemed to be deliberately absenting himself , choosing to play only cameo roles in Angel Heart and The Untouchables . |
17 | Only Ashley House had given Dickinson no training problems , but , good chaser as he was , he seemed to be a little out of his depth here . |
18 | He seemed to be waiting for me to react , rather as if he 'd floated a fly in front of a fish . |
19 | Brundle , who had risen briefly to third place during the tyre stops , was again completely out of luck and , like Johnny Herbert , was forced to retire by a collision in which he seemed to be the innocent party . |
20 | It was Wharton 's 14th win in 15 fights — the other bout ended in a draw — but he seemed to be allowing the fight to slip away from him through uncharacteristic casualness in the fifth and sixth rounds . |
21 | Incidentally , he seemed to be going long in avocados . |
22 | He seemed to be enjoying himself . |
23 | To her , at least , he seemed to be a part of the gaiety , having a wonderful time . |
24 | He later went on to say that he had seen the same man in the vicinity about 5.30 to 6.00 , and that he seemed to be heading for the Oliver 's shop . |
25 | He seemed to be enjoying the notoriety , playing his greatest part , and his press interviews were getting more prolific and more extensive . |
26 | He seemed to be at a loss . |
27 | The romantic is attracted to Jesus because he seemed to be a great charmer who attracted others . |
28 | He seemed to be claiming a slice of the glory ; alarming how a splash of fame can twist situations into reverse achievements . |
29 | We 'd finished off the second round with an eagle when Lee put one in from miles away , and in the third round he seemed to be holing putts right , left and centre , which was a good job because we 'd fallen foul of the 6th again , for the third time . |
30 | The press and the experts had put the monkey on his back that he could n't win a major , that he seemed to be ‘ choking on Sundays ’ . |