Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] to have [verb] some " in BNC.

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1 The only thing that makes me doubt that is that the general proposition underlying it appears to have received some incoherent support from the Leader of the Opposition .
2 In 1826 and 1827 it seems to have retained some trade union functions , including support for litigation on behalf of its members .
3 Although the design lacked the copyism of Garling 's submission , it seems to have derived some elements from the Paris Hôtel de Ville , particularly the high-roofed central block and corner pavilions with their ornate single dormers .
4 Nevertheless , it seems to have had some effect on Sandys .
5 The Trojan story is first recorded in Fredegar , and it seems to have had some vogue in seventh- and eighth-century Francia , where other Trojan legends were preserved .
6 He appears to have had some sort of vision or dream , or perhaps both , in the precincts of a pagan temple to the Gallic Apollo , either in the Vosges region or near Autun .
7 He appears to have had some doubts about the establishment of the Protectorate , but accepted the reassurances of the Admiralty secretary , Robert Blackborne .
8 As for the actual designs , both he and his brother normally provided these themselves , but sometimes he continued the practice of contracting to build to those of other architects : the principal examples of this are Heythrop House , Oxfordshire ( 1705–8 ) , designed by Thomas Archer [ q.v. ] , and a number of buildings by James Gibbs [ q.v. ] , notably Ditchley House , Oxfordshire ( 1720–1 ) and All Saints church , Derby ( 1723–5 , later the cathedral ) — although in both cases he appears to have had some influence on the design as well .
9 In common with the men of Qumran , with whom he seems to have had some links , John saw washing with water as merely a preparatory rite , while the great cleansing and the gift of the Spirit lay in the future ( I QS : 9–1 of and 4:21 ) .
10 To understand it , it helps to have had some experience of a bartering society .
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