Example sentences of "seem to have [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | We seem to have reached a contradictory position . |
| 34 | We seem to have lost a common language . |
| 35 | Two members , however , seem to have undergone a major personality change . |
| 36 | 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 … |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | You seem to have had a nasty shock . ’ |
| 39 | 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 . |
| 40 | 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 . |
| 41 | With these objects , in their millennium of power , the Celts seem to have had a splendid time scraping and whipping Europe into shape . |
| 42 | ‘ You seem to have had a good view , ’ commented Dexter . |
| 43 | ‘ You seem to have had a profitable afternoon . ’ |
| 44 | Happily , and not unexpectedly , a couple of years amid the off-Broadway climes of the county stage seem to have had a mellowing effect . |
| 45 | 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 . |
| 46 | ‘ You can help Claudia , Dana , and then we 'll collect your things from the hotel , though you seem to have bought a fresh wardrobe . ’ |
| 47 | ‘ Somebody seems to have scored a hundred runs and been the hero of the school . ’ |
| 48 | One brand new product that seems to have scored a huge hit at the recent MacWorld show is Adobe 's Illustrator . |
| 49 | With the advent of punk music in 1977 I transferred my energies and enthusiasm from the military and spent a lot of time dressing up and putting Vaseline in my hair , much to the annoyance of my house master , a quiet Benedictine who wrote on my term report , ‘ Christian seems to have developed a nihilistic attraction for punk rock , which is strange for somebody who avoids violence even on the rugby field . |
| 50 | SPENNYMOOR-BASED Yvonne Bell seems to have discovered a top hurdler in Devlins Paddy . |
| 51 | Richard also seems to have felt a special devotion for the shrine of Bury St Edmund 's — he may well have been attracted by a cult which celebrated a king who died in the struggle against pagans . |
| 52 | Although Andrews was convinced that his minister had conspired against him , Brooke seems to have played a passive role in the 1943 crisis , refusing to lead a party revolt , and becoming prime minister almost by default . |
| 53 | Forrester seems to have played a lovely game , or so we are told by the Sunday tabloids . |
| 54 | The varied conditions over the week , biasing towards the lighter end , had given the sailors a good range without the Swedish walkover which seems to have become a regular feature of late . |
| 55 | Although the king from time to time forbade ‘ puture ’ — the contributions in money and in kind exacted by the foresters — the levying of puture seems to have become a general practice at least by the fourteenth century . |
| 56 | It 's really about time we tackled Manuela , who seems to have become a recurring reference point in this story . |
| 57 | Industry seems to have become a driving force of strident activity , against which background human beings , the miners , are " like shadows " . |
| 58 | Feargal seems to have said a great deal . |
| 59 | Ever since , he seems to have led a near-monastic existence . |
| 60 | However , in early days he seems to have led a sunny existence . |