Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb -s] [to-vb] i " in BNC.

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1 I am a pawn and bishop down after 12 moves , but have only half an eye on the game now , which seems to make me play better , or Sergei play worse , for he has pushed up his queen too far and is having trouble defending it .
2 To illustrate the vastness of the choice , here is a poem from South America that I have come across and which seems to haunt me .
3 ‘ It 's a sort of drug , travelling , ’ Minton wrote to a friend in July 1953 , ‘ which seems to prevent me thinking — I feel vaguely irresponsible and peer at historic monuments .
4 ‘ He knows there is a daemon in the forest which seeks to destroy me .
5 It is further agreed that the approach adopted by the court of appeal in the case of and incorporate of nineteen eighty nine , one queens bench page eight hundred and seventy eight , is that which I should adopt , er the person which seeks to persuade me that the percentage which I should apply should be four point five percent rather than the two percent used in that case by the court of appeal , he argues partly on the basis of er , evidence by Mr an architect who er , with the greatest respect to him , whilst I feel quite sure his architectural abilities are of the highest quality , I feel that as an economist he is perhaps er not more reliable than any other economist , er but er , Mr argues that er , recent falls in house prices show that houses are not the risk free inflation proof investments which the court of appeal assumed when and was decided .
6 ‘ No matter what he says or does , no matter what happens to force me towards him — I 'd die rather than marry Damian Flint ! ’
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