Example sentences of "[to-vb] [vb pp] his [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Indeed , the Encomiast claims to have witnessed his lavish gifts to the churches of St Omer on his way to Rome .
2 He does not seem — and this is a crazy thing to say in the face of his beautiful verse , to appear ungrateful for it — but I say it , he does not seem to have inhabited his own experience .
3 Of the plays , Macbeth appears to have received his greatest attention , and , in 1745 , while still in his thirties and making his literary way , he produced his ‘ Miscellaneous Observations on the Tragedy of Macbeth ’ , which begins : ‘ In order to make a true estimate of the abilities and merit of a writer it is always necessary to examine the genius of his age and the opinions of his contemporaries . ’
4 He chose to spend his moments of relaxation with his political cronies , though none of them could be said to have enjoyed his full confidence .
5 He seemed to have resolved his sexual hang-ups for the time being and was content with his lonely existence .
6 But the Prince seems to have forgotten his youthful adventures .
7 Brian seemed to have forgotten his previous bias against older nannies .
8 A chair on which he is claimed to have parked his splendid bulk during rehearsals is kept at the Mansion House .
9 Gorbachev nevertheless appeared to have modified his earlier rejection of negotiations with Lithuania , telling reporters that there would be " mutually respectful dialogue " .
10 Zubi , who had been Prime Minister since 1987 [ see pp. 36178-79 ] , was reported to have selected his new Cabinet after consultations with the leaderships of the five parties ( including the Ba'ath Party ) which were components of the National Progressive Front .
11 Those of us privileged to have spoken to him at some length and to have seen his fascinating family albums would have known of his boyhood tea with Hitler , his Military Medal midstream in some Eastern battlefield and a host of other incidents .
12 He seemed to have exceeded his own limits .
13 By that time , of course , he would already have effected a great many ministerial and policy changes , but there would still have been sufficient sense of novelty about everything he touched to have ensured his eventual victory at the polls .
14 It was one thing to have turned his own country into an ‘ underdeveloping ’ society , but to seek out the company of the other basket-cases of the world economy was to add gratuitous insult to already grave injury in the minds of most Romanians .
15 He appears to have made his own luck and , despite setbacks such as presenting the short-lived TV quiz show Scruples , it looks as if Simon will continue to be a success .
16 In the instant case the IT were entitled to find that it was not reasonably practicable for Mr Sen to have presented his unfair dismissal claim in time , notwithstanding that he had been given erroneous advice about the time limit by a solicitor in circumstances where he had also been wrongly advised as to the time limit by a member of the IT staff .
17 He was thought to have hampered his own cause through the manner of his testimony , especially his attempted defence of his membership of a country club with a notorious reputation for discrimination against blacks and Jews .
18 Nobbs also claims to have told his old mate Peter Tinniswood to make his first novel a comedy ; the result was A Touch Of Daniel , which later became the equally God-like I Did n't Know You Cared telly series .
19 Meanwhile , Bono is rumoured to have sold his first screenplay , Million Dollor Hotel , to Mel Gibson 's Hollywood production company .
20 He became , in short , a story in his own right , the man who was said to have used his great power as Downing Street 's anonymous twice-daily briefer to belittle ministers whom Mrs Thatcher intended to dispose of .
21 Two writers whose letter-collections survive , Ruricius of Limoges and Avitus of Vienne , openly revered the style of Sidonius , and a third , Ferreolus of Uzès , is known to have modelled his own writings on those of the bishop of Clermont .
22 Nellie would have liked Liam to have opened his next branch in New York , just to give her a chance of seeing her brothers and Noreen , but Liam had been adamant .
23 He seems to have had his full share of the family cautiousness ; complaining of his methodical slowness , von Gallwitz remarked sarcastically : ‘ We shall be in Verdun at the earliest by 1920 . ’
24 If they did , they do not seem to have affected his psychological balance or his relations with his parents .
25 Francis , who is delighted to have tied his Swedish star to a new three-and-a-half-year contract , added : ‘ No amount of money would budge Roland from Hillsborough .
26 He seemed to have recovered his good humour .
27 It had nothing to do with the fact that Ace Barton 's hard-won road to the top just proved to her how ruthless he must have been to have attained his ultimate goal .
28 The deep divisions within the party over the abortion issue were illustrated by Bush in an interview on Aug. 12 in which he appeared to have softened his own stance of opposition to abortion under almost all circumstances , by recognising the importance of a woman 's personal choice in the matter .
29 In sum , then , one can say little more on the basis of the scanty information available than that Molla Yegan appears to have abandoned his official posts by at least 844/1440–1 ; to have returned from his journey to the Hijaz , in company with Molla Gurani , whom he presented at the Ottoman court , not earlier than alter the pilgrimage of 844/1441 but very possibly not much later ; if not to have continued to be a figure of some importance in the state until at least 857/1453 , to have re-emerged as such then , though without , apparently , holding any official post ; and to have died at some time alter that date , perhaps in 878/1473–4 .
30 Jean-Paul seemed to have exhausted his conversational overtures .
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