Example sentences of "[vb past] to [be] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He set up the TV Times coverage , and we all pretended to be having a wonderful time for the benefit of the camera . |
| 2 | Toby seemed to be gone a long time , but I was n't measuring time very accurately . |
| 3 | The chapter concentrates upon a particular moment in the story of British fascism , when this ideological tradition seemed to be taking a new turn . |
| 4 | First the man insulted her , and now he seemed to be taking a perverse delight in taunting her . |
| 5 | Muldoon seemed to be taking a long time over his coffee . |
| 6 | The green light surrounding them now seemed to be imparting a sick lifeless pallor . |
| 7 | He seemed to be wearing a dark-coloured suit . |
| 8 | This male shape or essence seemed to be wearing a white coat ( a medic 's stark white smock ) . |
| 9 | Juron almost seemed to be enjoying a second adolescence in company with his Scouts , while yet remaining devoutly responsible . |
| 10 | But the man seemed to be holding a round turnip-shaped watch in his hand and glaring at it . |
| 11 | However , these GPs seemed to be seeking a medical solution to these women 's problems . |
| 12 | But it was n't true ; today the invisible hand of fate seemed to be drawing a thick black line under that particular chapter of her life which involved anything related to Luke . |
| 13 | They seemed to be growing a green carpet . |
| 14 | In the same way he himself seemed to be acquiring a greater and greater starkness , and soon after settling into Carlyle Mansions the order of his new life emerged . |
| 15 | Howard seemed to be making a doomed attempt to explain the Doctor 's business on the island without mentioning zombies , the Necronomicon or anything similar that the military men might find difficult to accept . |
| 16 | In the words of John Paton , " the clean break seemed to be making a clean sweep of the Party members " . |
| 17 | They seemed to be doing a good job . |
| 18 | And now she seemed to be planning a new use for those skills as I watched her gaze , fixed on Boy , or shifting from O to Boy . |
| 19 | He also , Busacher observed , seemed to be playing a curious double game with both Ingrid and the little Hoflin — being charming to both of them and he was seen lunching with them on alternate days . |
| 20 | He had been sidelined by injury in 1985 and seemed to be playing a cat-and-mouse game with everybody in this year . |
| 21 | And yet despite all this the pounds were creeping up on us and we seemed to be fighting a losing battle . |
| 22 | I mean , she seemed to be having a good time . |
| 23 | Cawthorne seemed to be having a private party . |
| 24 | The heat seemed to be having a heady effect on her , Lindsey thought faintly . |
| 25 | The two counties also happened to be playing a 2nd XI match at Stratford , where Cranmer made both his first and last appearance as a Warwickshire 2nd XI player . |
| 26 | Mr. Tony Favell , supported by Mr. David Harris , presented a Bill to remove from registers of common land and registers of town or village greens dwellinghouses registered under the Commons Registration Act 1965 which had been used as dwellinghouses for a minimum of twenty years immediately prior to the commencement of that Act ; and for purposes connected therewith : And the same was read the First time ; and ordered to be read a Second time on Friday 24 February and to be printed . |
| 27 | Mr. Tony Banks , supported by Mr. Tom Clarke , Ms. Diane Abbott and Mr. Jeremy Corbyn , presented a Bill to make statutory provision for fixed term parliaments , compulsory attendance at polling stations , a public holiday on days set for general elections ; and for connected purposes ; And the same was read the First time ; and ordered to be read a Second time on Thursday 9 April and to be printed . |
| 28 | Mr. Secretary Baker , supported by Mr. Secretary Heseltine , Mr. Secretary Newton , Mr. Secretary Brooke , Mr. Secretary Hunt , Mr. Secretary Lang and Mr. Peter Lloyd , presented a Bill to make provision about persons who claim asylum in the United Kingdom and to extend the provisions of the Immigration ( Carriers ' Liability ) Act 1987 to transit passengers : And the same was read the First time ; and ordered to be read a Second time and to be printed [ Bill 1 . ] |
| 29 | Mr. Secretary Wakeham , supported by Mr. Secretary Howard , Mr. Secretary Hunt , Mr. Secretary Lilley , Mr. Secretary Lang , Mr. David Mellor , Mr. David Heathcoat-Amory and Mr. Colin Moynihan , presented a Bill to make provision for extending the duration of , and increasing the limit on , grants under section 3 of the Coal Industry Act 1987 and to repeal the Coal Mines Regulation Act 1908 : And the same was read the First time ; and ordered to be read a Second time and to be printed [ Bill 2 . ] |
| 30 | Mr. Secretary Heseltine , supported by The Prime Minister , Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer , Mr. Secretary Newton , Mr. Secretary Hunt , Mr. Secretary Lang , Mr. Michael Portillo and Mr. Robert Key , presented a Bill to provide for certain local authorities to levy and collect a new tax , to be called council tax ; to abolish community charges ; to make further provision with respect to local government finance ( including provision with respect to certain grants by local authorities ) ; and for connected purposes : And the same was read the First time ; and ordered to be read a Second time and to be printed [ Bill 3 . ] |