Example sentences of "he seem to have been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seems to have been a bit of a wastrel , from what Kebbel told us . ’ |
| 2 | Edward Ellice , an MP for Coventry , said that he had been asked to accompany his friend Lord Elcho , and although he seems to have been a political ally of Elcho 's his view of Scott 's design was very different . |
| 3 | He seems to have been a solitary child , happiest in his own company . |
| 4 | He seems to have been a difficult patient . |
| 5 | He seems to have been a great romancer . |
| 6 | His origins are obscure , but he seems to have been a German from one of the tribes which were allowed to settle within the Empire , and for which privilege they were liable for military service , a practice going back to the late third century . |
| 7 | He seems to have been a somewhat slipshod caretaker , complacently assuming that ill-coordinated groups of rebels could pose no significant threat to seasoned English troops . |
| 8 | One of his earliest works bears also the name of the potter Andokides , and he seems to have been a pupil of Psiax . |
| 9 | He seems to have been a pretty hard-headed business man , but there must be plenty of others in a town of this size … ’ |
| 10 | Well , he seems to have been a bad lot , and maybe nobody will miss him , but I do n't like it . |
| 11 | ‘ He seems to have been a bit of a ladies ’ man — ’ |