Example sentences of "and he seem [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can … ’ but the words were stopped in him and he seemed to suffocate and gasp with the sense of a power beyond the Cages that he had sensed briefly before . |
| 2 | His eyes were open and seemed to be focusing pretty well , I just said to him , ‘ Hang on in there , Lester ’ — and he seemed to take it in . ’ |
| 3 | Stove and sink were immediately adjacent in the tiny galley , and he seemed to take up more than his fair share of space . |
| 4 | Lucie 's blacked eye was tight closed , and he seemed to take particularly unkindly to the bumps . |
| 5 | Naturally , he was speechless with rage and he seemed to go a funny colour , rather like the top range of a steel tempering chart — cherry red . |
| 6 | I was to learn that one of my air gunners had sold the sheep , and he seemed to go into hiding . |
| 7 | The convulsions subsided and he seemed to go into a coma . |
| 8 | Quiet men with graceful manners were the ideal of her generation , and he seemed to embody it . |
| 9 | I remember being podgy , no make-up , an unsmart lady but I made a lot of noise and he seemed to like that . ’ |
| 10 | It 's just that your father and I … well , we thought he was a very pleasant young man , and he seemed to like you quite a lot . ’ |
| 11 | Coney Island is about staring and he seemed to enjoy being a spectacle even for dirty children with candysmeared mouths . |
| 12 | But he had how own procedures , and he seemed to enjoy them . |
| 13 | Paul ‘ popped round ’ for tea more frequently than was decent for a visiting lecturer , and he seemed to get on very well with everyone . |
| 14 | And he seemed to get closer to these seamen because of that . |
| 15 | If Connors really had got something , and he seemed to think so , we were n't going to hold any open meetings . |
| 16 | and he seemed to think the other one wanted to buy something but he , whe whether he could n't read the writing or he did n't understand it |
| 17 | His eyelids were like shells beneath his sandy-coloured brows , and he seemed to hide behind them . |
| 18 | Once more she began to resent his authoritative manner , and he seemed to read her thoughts . |
| 19 | Jose Miguel had been his usual model of self-effacing but steely efficiency and he seemed to have conjured another two birdies from the course without anyone noticing , although he too had dropped one shot . |
| 20 | And he seemed to have no purpose . |
| 21 | Anthony had once seemed to want her badly , but that had hardly lasted even through their honeymoon , and he seemed to have seized on any excuse since Flavia 's death to avoid sharing her bed . |
| 22 | His gait was unsteady and he seemed to have difficulty focusing on them . |
| 23 | George 's part , throughout the novel , was always a major one and he seemed to have a ‘ say ’ in everything . |
| 24 | And he seemed to disbelieve her , which was ill-mannered . |
| 25 | She said something to him and he seemed to laugh . |
| 26 | I only saw him a few times and he seemed to wander around in no-man 's land half the time doing bugger all . |
| 27 | The thick dark brows drew together ominously and he seemed to loom even larger . |
| 28 | She did n't dare go in : he was such a light sleeper , and he seemed to know by instinct when his mother was in the same room . |
| 29 | Now she was embarrassed , shy , and he seemed to know it . |
| 30 | Everyone knew him and he seemed to know everyone . |