Example sentences of "seemed as if [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed as if they 'd been wrong about one thing and only too right about the other . |
| 2 | I knew so little about who had held them and how they had got out , it seemed as if they had come from a different world , a different time . |
| 3 | I did n't accept er the opportunity to retire and take it easy , it seemed as if I had worked twenty seven years for nothing ! |
| 4 | For them the time must have flown by , but for me it seemed as if I 'd been standing out there all morning ! |
| 5 | At first it seemed as if it had happened to someone else , and entertaining on that merit alone . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Einzig was so frequently seen in Minton 's company that to outsiders it seemed as if she became his other half . |
| 8 | Yet she had timed her appearance so exactly that it seemed as if she had been forewarned of the train 's arrival . |
| 9 | For there was about her cage a silence and stillness so great that it seemed as if she had disappeared . |
| 10 | ‘ Seemed as if she had that one last flare of light before she went out . ’ |
| 11 | Here she felt lonely and depressed , as it seemed as if she 'd made no progress and was back in the same vicious circle again . |
| 12 | This girl seemed as if she wanted to become our friend . |
| 13 | It seemed as if she 's been awaiting this opportunity for years . |
| 14 | Sometimes , it seemed as if he knew every detail of this story already . |
| 15 | It seemed as if he received a shorter term in jail because he was a doctor . |
| 16 | It seemed as if he 'd thought of everything . |
| 17 | It seemed as if you 'd swept those moments from your mind — at least , you made me feel you were doing your best to forget them . ’ |
| 18 | The road to the Fire Court looked quite straightforward really ; it seemed as if you had to go past a large lake and on down a narrow , windy mountain road with houses dotted on each side . |