Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] have [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His eyes seemed to have gathered more gold from somewhere … |
| 2 | Keynesianism seemed to have banished mass unemployment for ever and wage rises seemed as natural and regular as the tides . |
| 3 | All the swims that have given me good dace fishing seemed to have shared similar features , the main one being their tendency to become shallower towards the tail . |
| 4 | Altogether the Johnson Administration claimed to have seen 226 out of 252 pieces of major legislation through Congress in its four years . |
| 5 | Her heart seemed to have grown immense , thudding against the rib-cage . |
| 6 | Many people heard that but only Cecilia seemed to have heard that first single clang as Ernest , her brother , in freeing the rope from the cleat , gave it a tug which caused the bell to spring upwards and fall again . |
| 7 | Was this a likely concession to someone whom the authorities believed had committed such horrific killings ? |
| 8 | It was as though she were in some sort of a trance , a pallid undertone to the sun-dark skin , the nostrils of that straight nose slightly flared ; even the jaw seemed to have lost some of its determined thrust . |
| 9 | THE difficulties in the UK commercial property sector appeared to have claimed another victim yesterday after Surrey-based Bredero Properties announced it had breached its banking covenants , writes Richard Shackleton . |
| 10 | Also prohibited was payment of ransom or protection money to the guerrillas by farmers and businesspeople ; companies proved to have paid such money would lose their operating licences . |
| 11 | Somehow all these less exciting duties had had to take second place to the social events Aubrey and Madeleine were constantly arranging for his entertainment . |
| 12 | In their continuing efforts to cut off supplies to government forces besieged in Berbera , the SNM claimed to have captured another cargo ship in the Red Sea on Jan. 15 . |
| 13 | The EPLF claimed to have destroyed 24 tanks in the assault , and captured 75 intact , together with a large quantity of arms and ammunition . |
| 14 | The EPLF claimed to have killed 6,500 government troops in repelling an offensive launched on April 19 on the Ginda front north-east of Asmara . |
| 15 | DNs reported having used 516 products and treatments in addition to those listed under ‘ current treatment ’ on 190 ( 70 per cent ) of current leg ulcers . |
| 16 | ‘ He got better — went back to the Fire Service , ’ she said , but Eileen 's innocent remark seemed to have touched some nerve which made her say bitterly , ‘ He went back to scrimping and saving to keep his horrible wife in comfort in a nursing home . |
| 17 | Before they had met , both aged six , Finch seemed to have lived alone for eons . |
| 18 | His cheek was against her hair , and in spite of all her reservations her body seemed to have grown limp and voluptuous . |
| 19 | The room seemed to have become darker . |
| 20 | The room seemed to have gone dark , as if someone had turned off the lights , and she wondered if she might be going to faint . |
| 21 | By the end of the second day the allies claimed to have taken 20,000 prisoners , to have destroyed 270 enemy tanks and to have progressed more rapidly than anticipated . |
| 22 | Two minutes before the half-hour Forest appeared to have achieved this when Pearce exchanged passes with Clough and burst clear into the penalty area on the left . |
| 23 | OLDHAM 'S attempt to capture Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar appeared to have failed last night . |
| 24 | The general had had to order this unit and their leader to attack the village . |
| 25 | ‘ Terminator 2 ’ is the most expensive film yet made — and has prompted worries about the health of Carolco , even though pre-sales to distributors seemed to have covered all the film 's costs . |
| 26 | He still kept his jacket on though the day seemed to have got warmer . |
| 27 | Less than a quarter claimed to have read all of it or to remember the topics it dealt with . |
| 28 | Even that may represent some revival after its Viking sufferings ; in 955 king Eadred had bequeathed 400 pounds to relieve the people of the south , the money to be distributed by the Archbishop of Canterbury and his clergy . |
| 29 | In addition , many firms claimed to have introduced flexible work agreements , with 71% claiming to have team-working and nearly two-fifths operating to a just-in-time production system . |
| 30 | The definitions in the Regulations appeared to have taken full advantage of the enabling power and did not exclude any class of payer . |