Each one seemed long enough to read a whole novel in.
He looked at her and she seemed to read the doubt in his mind.
She watched and seemed to read the thought in his mind.
She seemed to read my mind and answered the question I hadn't asked.
They certainly seemed to read his when he least wanted it.
The eye seems to read the year one way, the ear another.
But the general reader doesn't seem to read according to such a program.
"But you and I seem to read each other pretty well."
"If you're talking about the way you seemed to read my mind yesterday."
Those problems must have seemed safer to read about than look at.