Example sentences of "seem [to-vb] [vb pp] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet in some strange way the bird seemed to have affected the easy relationship that had previously existed between them and , in trying to analyse her own feelings , Lucy knew that she now felt shy and rather embarrassed . |
| 2 | Until last year Scotland seemed to have escaped the worst of the recession . |
| 3 | Not only did he order the apple pie and cream , but he also poured her yet another glass of wine — somehow she seemed to have drunk the other already ! |
| 4 | When Russian forces finally retreated from the Danubian Principalities in 1834 , Nicholas seemed to have achieved the final stabilization of his southern frontier . |
| 5 | Among the main Democratic contenders Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton seemed to have overcome the recent spate of " character issues " which had threatened to destroy his candidacy , but finished second to the former Massachusetts Senator Paul Tsongas in the New Hampshire contest . |
| 6 | And in the September 1957 election the FDP seemed to have chosen the wrong course when its share of the vote fell below 8 per cent , whilst the CDU — strengthened by the 1957 pension reform — won just over half the votes cast . |
| 7 | His gargantuan repast seemed to have put The Fat Controller in a better mood and avuncularity seeped back into his tones the further we got away from the pizzeria . |
| 8 | He seemed to have forgotten the traumatic revelations of the previous evening , smiling and giving her a peck on the cheek as he left . |
| 9 | Throughout Cecil was followed by a bobble-hatted man , who seemed to have forgotten the former party chairman was not standing in the election . |
| 10 | No one , in those early days of nuclear weaponry , seemed to have anticipated the adverse effect it would have on the men sheltering below . |
| 11 | Their daughter seemed to have taken the best features and left the bad ones . |
| 12 | Some of the priests and pastors who joined the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament seemed to have abandoned the fundamental Christian belief that God brought the world into existence and will determine when , if ever , it will come to an end . |
| 13 | It was then still some twenty minutes short of midnight , though they seemed to have devoured the greater part of the night already in this improbable interview . |
| 14 | The economic miracle of the decade seemed to have passed the inner city by , leaving a few localities outside the new society . |
| 15 | She seemed to have spent the past few years running away . |
| 16 | The new theorists seem to have gone the same way because of ideological conservatism , or fatalism about what is possible . |
| 17 | Prior to the eighteenth century the Europeans seem to have handled the ethnographic aspects of these dilemmas without much difficulty . |
| 18 | ‘ In pursuing their war with Iraq the United States and its allies seem to have made the traditional error of interpreting Middle East politics with a map in hand . |
| 19 | All these problems seem to have made the criminal personality difficult to track down . |
| 20 | For economic or social reasons ( plus a sweet tooth ? ) it was they who seem to have made the biggest dietary switch from meat , fish and wild plants to largely maize , which , being rich in carbohydrates , caused their teeth to decay more markedly than before . |
| 21 | Most of your clothes seem to have suffered the same fate as the rest of your belongings , Fran . |
| 22 | Editor 's note : The writers seem to have missed the extensive coverage of the conference in our issue of 8 April . |
| 23 | ‘ Still breathing — the spikes seem to have missed the main vessels in his neck , but the right brachial plexus may have copped it . |
| 24 | Such people seem to have grasped the key distinction that : |
| 25 | ‘ The Slav idea , indirect Austrian control over Serbia or even German domination of the Straits do not , in the light of cold reason , ’ concludes a recent review of Russia 's options , ‘ seem to have justified the appalling risks Russia faced in entering a European war . ’ |
| 26 | The names of Robert Graves , W.H. Auden , and Christopher Isherwood may serve to remind us of English writers who seem to have reached the same dismaying conclusion over the years since . |
| 27 | Thus the family , neighbourhood , or work-place groups of older and younger men and a sprinkling of women , which seem to have formed the basic unit of attendance between the wars and before , broke up . |
| 28 | Korg seem to have done the impossible and produced a totally digital processor with some absolutely authentic guitar sounds . |
| 29 | It was perhaps these reservations which seem to have persuaded the British government to play down its enforced involvement in the Conference on Political Union and to be economical with information about its stance therein . |
| 30 | Tales of art martyrdom with the deaths of Warhol , Basquiat and Mendieta following a roadmap sketched by van Gogh seem to have elicited the greatest interest in Hollywood . |