Example sentences of "seem to have [vb pp] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can I just enlarge upon that because , and quote from it , by boycotting employment action the CoUncil 's controlling group seem to have made a bad decision , prompted by a desire to score political points in the debating chamber . |
| 2 | We seem to have made a little camp . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I seem to have made an awful mess of things , ’ she murmured . |
| 4 | Those communities which did not receive franchises seem to have suffered a greater degree of extortion , as their lords strove to recover some of the profits they were losing elsewhere . |
| 5 | If you were to report to Ernest and Julio Gallo that their pickers seem to have missed an awful lot of grapes , you probably would n't get much of a reaction . |
| 6 | The points were made that parking there can not be dangerous as it is permitted during part of the year , and that the authorities seem to have turned a blind eye to cars parked outside the church during services . |
| 7 | We seem to have reached a contradictory position . |
| 8 | We seem to have lost a common language . |
| 9 | I seem to have collected an awful lot of those parking-tokens over the last few months . |
| 10 | Two members , however , seem to have undergone a major personality change . |
| 11 | I never stopped loving you , but somehow since I 've been abroad , and you 've been ‘ out in the world ’ , we seem to have struck a deeper note , and more powerful … |
| 12 | Instead , he said to Schellenberg , ‘ You seem to have wasted an inordinate amount of time so far , General . |
| 13 | The Italian manufacturer seems to be happy with the arrangement because , being a medium-sized manufacturer , it is considered that it would be too expensive to set up their own distribution facilities in the United Kingdom , and Argent Distributors seem to have performed a reasonable selling job on their behalf . |
| 14 | You seem to have had a nasty shock . ’ |
| 15 | Possibly the fact that the Robin Hood ballads , which probably took their early form in this period , seem to have had a southern origin but set their events in the North ( particularly in Barnsdale , north of Doncaster , rather than in Sherwood ) , reflects the beliefs of southerners that the North was a strange and wild world . |
| 16 | There are few direct echoes of the opera in the Study Symphony but the entry of Wagner into Bruckner 's life seem to have had a transforming effect . |
| 17 | With these objects , in their millennium of power , the Celts seem to have had a splendid time scraping and whipping Europe into shape . |
| 18 | ‘ You seem to have had a good view , ’ commented Dexter . |
| 19 | ‘ You seem to have had a profitable afternoon . ’ |
| 20 | Happily , and not unexpectedly , a couple of years amid the off-Broadway climes of the county stage seem to have had a mellowing effect . |
| 21 | Governmental orders forbidding images , chantries , saint worship , and requiem masses , for example , seem to have had an immediate impact on expressions of personal piety . |
| 22 | Both these establishments seem to have had an architectural form very similar to the ordinary domestic buildings of their area , and the hall provided the communal eating and drinking space . |
| 23 | It has had over the years to be much restored , having been damaged three times by earthquakes and also outrageously neglected by the community of monks , who seem to have had an unnatural taste for litigation — one lawsuit between them and the locality lasted almost throughout the eighteenth century . |
| 24 | There must be some better talent in the lower divisions , I do nt hold much hope of getting Cook because Wolves seem to have found a few quid recently and would certainly put a silly price on him . |
| 25 | ‘ You can help Claudia , Dana , and then we 'll collect your things from the hotel , though you seem to have bought a fresh wardrobe . ’ |