Example sentences of "seem [to-vb] taken the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maggie herself , he knew , understood the situation well enough : there was no one more sensible than Maggie ; but her auntie , who seemed to have taken the place of her mother and , like a mother , had her future interests at heart , was always bringing her qualities to the fore for him to admire . |
| 2 | Held , allowing the appeal , the judge seemed to have taken the view that both sections 76 and 78 concerned misconduct by the police . |
| 3 | They seem to have taken the view that deportation was justified as a last resort when the victim had persistently ignored warnings , and when nothing further could be done to achieve his rehabilitation . |
| 4 | Historians seem to have taken the lead from their subject : the RPF is still the least studied and least well-understood part of de Gaulle 's career . |
| 5 | He just seems to have taken the head staggers . |
| 6 | The unexpectedness of this request seems to have taken the king by surprise . |
| 7 | From More Eliot seems to have taken the word ‘ anfractuous , , and read that the poet undergoes ‘ a partial dissolution of his own personality ’ . |
| 8 | More recently , the appointment of Vial has been attributed to the influence of Granville Penn , who seems to have taken the Frenchman uncritically at his own valuation . |
| 9 | ‘ Possessiveness seems to have taken the place of affection with them . |
| 10 | After the last rise in base rates , all sources of advice to the Chancellor do seem to have taken the view through the summer that the squeeze was working . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , as Russia 's economy burns , inflation now a hairsbreadth from the banana republic variety , its leaders fiddle with its future — locked in a political power struggle which would now seem to have taken the place of anything resembling coherent government . |