Example sentences of "seem to take [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The loose skin of Vologsky 's cheeks and lower chin quivered under the increasing pull of the G-force and his entire body seemed to take on a couple of stone in extra weight . |
| 2 | Julia seemed to take on a new lease of life and now that the weather was improving she often walked to Carrie 's house or to see Bridie and her family . |
| 3 | As she spoke the pens of the newspaper reporters seemed to take on a frantic life of their own , skipping across the lines of their notebooks . |
| 4 | Maggie put her hands up to push him away but as soon as they touched his skin her palms seemed to take on a life of their own , moving over the strong muscles , her fingers wanting to curl in the crisp black hair that lightly covered his chest . |
| 5 | Sub-headings seem to take up an inordinate amount of space ; do we really need separate headings for ‘ What is Tincture of Benzoin ’ , ‘ How to use Tincture of Benzoin ’ , ‘ How to carry Tincture of Benzoin ’ , and ‘ Where to buy Tincture of Benzoin ’ ? |
| 6 | You seem to take up an awful lot of energy and time . |
| 7 | Characteristic of his style is his intensely naturalistic carving of man and nature ; the carved drapery folds seem to take on a life of their own . |
| 8 | Then they seem to take on a mind of their own , then they become positively malignant ! ’ |
| 9 | When one looks at biological materials one is impressed with the enormous care which Nature seems to take over the interfaces when she is being , as it were , teleological . |
| 10 | In youth it is relatively easy to create a physical beauty , while the character is still not fully formed ; later on , the search for beauty seems to take on a different aspect , that of expressing the true individual femininity in the most appropriate way . |
| 11 | The cult of sport sometimes seems to take on the quality of an Orwellian nightmare . |