Example sentences of "[pron] seemed to have the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seemed to have the form of an ironing-board , yet that flatness of rump and breast was apparent only , achieved by the unrevealing clothes in which she chose to conceal herself . |
| 2 | At any rate , he was out of sight , though not exactly out of mind , and she seemed to have the castle to herself , apart from the distant , discreet presence of the staff . |
| 3 | Partly because he seemed to have the secret of eternal youth ; but mainly because , unlike too many , he was into mission and not maintenance . |
| 4 | He seemed to have the strength of ten ; he tore the ropes off him and rose to his feet , his orange windbreaker gusting in the gale like a bird 's wings . |
| 5 | Whenever Stephen asked him a question , he seemed to have the answer at his fingertips . |
| 6 | With nothing else to read , it seemed to have the edge on the income tax manuals ( though non-believers would say only just ) , so you can imagine how bad I felt when I opened it to find most of the pages had been razored to provide a nest for a small brown envelope . |
| 7 | It seemed to have the knack of attracting some of the most bizarre characters who spent a great deal of the inter-war years building up little empires for themselves with scant regard for any overall espionage policy . |