Example sentences of "it [verb] to have [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed to have become stuck somewhere back there during the night . |
| 2 | The only thing that makes me doubt that is that the general proposition underlying it appears to have received some incoherent support from the Leader of the Opposition . |
| 3 | Thus the British government acquired a powder-mill of its own in 1759 , though it seems to have made little use of it , and another in 1787 . |
| 4 | After Wilfrid 's eventual return north , although Christianity stayed in Sussex it seems to have formed one of the less distinguished and lively dioceses of the English church , closely tied to the features and experience of the county generally but not emerging to direct secular life . |
| 5 | And it seems to have given these madmen the idea of producing a biological version , capable of creating a world indistinguishable — indistinguishable , I ask you , ye Gods ! — from reality . |
| 6 | In a cumbersome way it seems to have done this fairly effectively , for it was difficult for an official to embezzle royal money without being exposed in the long run , although the run was often so long that he was dead before it finished . |
| 7 | It seems to have stopped growing , although it is swimming and eating O.K. |
| 8 | In 1826 and 1827 it seems to have retained some trade union functions , including support for litigation on behalf of its members . |
| 9 | ‘ I thought it was getting better , ’ he said , ‘ but the last couple of days it seems to have got worse . ’ |
| 10 | It seems to have got stuck and it has been playing the same bit over and over . |
| 11 | At times I feel so tired that I throw down the pen in despair ; but it is soon taken up again , and , like a pygmy Antaeus , it seems to have imbibed fresh vigour from its prostration . |
| 12 | It seems to have taken several months for the message to sink in that here was plenty to worry about , with deep implications for the inhabitants of planet Earth . |
| 13 | Although the design lacked the copyism of Garling 's submission , it seems to have derived some elements from the Paris Hôtel de Ville , particularly the high-roofed central block and corner pavilions with their ornate single dormers . |
| 14 | The claim is biologically nonsensical , but it seems to have had political significance since it is first recorded in the context of a diplomatic initiative of the emperor Valentinian I , intended to secure Burgundian support against Macrianus , king of the Alamans . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , it seems to have had some effect on Sandys . |
| 16 | The Trojan story is first recorded in Fredegar , and it seems to have had some vogue in seventh- and eighth-century Francia , where other Trojan legends were preserved . |
| 17 | Exactly what activity was being carried on remains uncertain , but it seems to have had commercial implications . |
| 18 | Thereafter it seems to have had several changes of ownership . |
| 19 | To understand it , it helps to have had some experience of a bartering society . |
| 20 | By mid-1993 , France Telecom says it expects to have signed other roaming agreements with Germany , Italy , the Scandinavian nations , and the UK . |
| 21 | Airtours will not say how much it has paid for the leases , though it claims to have secured good terms because of the uncertain travel market . |
| 22 | It claims to have completed 220 ports in 10 years . |