Example sentences of "seem take a [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The animal seemed to take a perverse delight in terrorizing him . |
| 2 | Sad to say , I had learnt to be suspicious of good-looking young men who for no particular reason seemed to take a sudden interest in me . |
| 3 | He walked around watching the instructors putting the men through their paces and , as on his last visit , seemed to take a particular interest in what was going on in the boxing ring . |
| 4 | There are some adults who seem to take a perverse pleasure in causing trouble . |
| 5 | Documentation must be as explicit as possible because staff and circumstance seem to take a rabbinical delight in producing difficult cases . |
| 6 | Even affable John , one of nature 's gentlemen , can only take so much and has now stopped being polite because when the police recognize him , as they do , they seem to take a particular delight in grilling someone famous . |
| 7 | Stan seems to take a mischievous delight in turning up specimens under people 's noses . |