1.   Buying the house seemed a great idea at the time, but now I can see it was a terrible mistake.

2.   Buying the house seemed a great idea at the time, but now I can see it was a mistake.

3.   But buying stocks seems like a greater risk than it used to.

4.   Buying a protector seems simple enough until the time comes to shop for one.

5.   For Elvis, buying them seemed something of an addiction.

6.   Just when it seemed safe to buy a new computer, along comes another prediction of an imminent plunge in PC prices.

7.   While six or seven people were often seen bidding on a work at once, buying seemed carefully controlled throughout the evening.