Example sentences of "seem to have a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More and more , ever since Irangate , Iran seemed to have a crucial role to play in the release of American and French hostages . |
| 2 | This attractive young Woodbrook player , three down on the 13th , seemed to have a superb match against Eavan Higgins all wrapped up after jumping ahead for the first time on the 17th , but lost her ‘ thinking cap ’ completely down the last . |
| 3 | It was this manner of his , more than anything else , that seemed to have a therapeutic benefit . |
| 4 | At one moment he even seemed to have a small advantage , but after 44 moves a draw was agreed in a level position . |
| 5 | People , their understandings of their circumstances and their struggles to force collective facilities out of the state , were again under-conceptualised and , indeed , even seemed to have a small role to play . |
| 6 | Devon Malcolm was not sparing himself on a pitch which was offering help to all the bowlers but Waugh seemed to have a ridiculous amount of time to ease him through the leg field twice in an over for two of his 10 boundaries . |
| 7 | He seemed to have a solid grasp of what it 's really like to live in one of these estates . |
| 8 | The High Authority seemed to have a wide brief on fiscal matters such as taxes and levies , as well as upon production and restrictive practices . |
| 9 | The drawers were traditionally constructed using olivewood , which seemed to have a similar grain pattern to the ebony , but in negative . |
| 10 | ‘ I first saw his pictures during the punk period and they seemed to have a similar punch , a thriller realism . ’ |
| 11 | Apart from the bike messengers , that was , and these were easy to distinguish because they were young and wiry and bizarrely dressed , and their eyes seemed to have a certain glaze on them from being on a permanent adrenaline high . |
| 12 | I seemed to have a separate brain for each limb , but they 'd all broken off diplomatic relations . |
| 13 | A spot of the iced liquid seemed to have a calming effect on my larynx . |
| 14 | When he met him in the office , or on the stairs , his habitually offensive glance seemed to have a new dimension of thoughtfulness . |
| 15 | They seemed to have a good relationship , agree about most things , and never , never row — at least , not in front of the children . |
| 16 | The Chinese are very good singers , and practically every other person seemed to have a good voice and a repertoire of songs , a lot of them popular revolutionary songs , but also they gave us a rendering of ‘ old Man River ’ and a few others , and we all rounded the occasion off with Rio Grande , Old MacDonald had a farm ( during which the Chairman of the Institute Revolutionary Committee looked a bit bemused ) and Auld Lang Syne. and I also did our bit , singing a few English songs including ‘ Turpin Hero ’ , and we even attempted a rendering of two Chinese songs from the opera ‘ the White-Haired Girl ’ , much to everybody 's amusement and applause . |
| 17 | It seemed to have a good deal going for it . |
| 18 | Not surprisingly , however , Sharpe , who less than two years previously seemed to have a golden future with United and England , was scared stiff . |
| 19 | So the missionary had to try to take the place of the doctor and the nurse , and had to keep with him a stock of basic medicines — iodine , castor oil , Epsom salts , santonin ( for worms ) , quinine tablets for malaria , and a plentiful supply of aspirin in which the village people seemed to have a great faith . |
| 20 | She seemed to have a sensible head on her shoulders . |
| 21 | He was all for England 's democracy and against any form of union with Wales , Scotland , Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man , for which he seemed to have a particular dislike as " a nucleus of Celtic imagery " . |
| 22 | She seemed to have a proper regard for the frivolous things in life . |
| 23 | The assumed humility seemed to have a soothing effect upon Major Tzann . |
| 24 | It was totally demanding , I never seemed to have a free minute . |
| 25 | Anne never seemed to have a free moment . |
| 26 | Then came more accidents — we seemed to have a large number of accidents in the 1950s and early 1960s and many of them finished up as public inquiries . |
| 27 | Nobody seemed to have a clear objective in mind and the speakers had obviously not been briefed on what to expect . |
| 28 | Sarah seemed to have a special liking for angry gestures , even when she had provoked them herself . |
| 29 | They seemed to have a different attitude to the lecturers and were not afraid to go to them for elucidation of points they did not fully understand , and in tutorials showed their wider knowledge , and their readiness to think for themselves rather than just reproduce what they had learned from textbooks and lectures . |
| 30 | I remember one time before he met Hilda — he seemed to have a different lass every Saturday night for a year or more . |