Example sentences of "he seem [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | From what I 've seen of Bardsley , he reminds me a bit of Sterland — he looks very good going forward but he seemed to leave gaping holes at the back when he played for England ( ca n't remember who it was against ) . |
2 | He seemed to take great delight in taking the church for a ride . |
3 | I wish he seemed to take more interest in life generally . |
4 | From her he seemed to draw sufficient strength to get through the days until the simple funeral was over . |
5 | He seemed to enjoy good health . ’ |
6 | It was irritating how easily he seemed to do several things at once . |
7 | Then he seemed to get some sort of control over himself again . |
8 | Although he seemed to avoid personal conversation with her now , one thing he always wanted to discuss with her was Faye 's day , with a rundown on his sister 's mood and any abnormality at all in her blood sugar , blood-pressure or anything else . |
9 | But Uncle Philip bathed in the tub as often as once or twice a week ; he seemed to exercise some occult authority over the geyser , for it never erupted when he lit it . |
10 | He seemed to know enough policemen at one time . |
11 | He seemed to have phenomenal energy , ’ says Taki . |
12 | What struck me was the way in which he seemed to have little difficulty not merely in coming down to my level but in entering into my feelings , as if I were telling him about the most natural matter in the world . |
13 | ‘ He seemed to have more chances in our draw with Spurs than the rest of the season put together , ’ said Big Ron . |
14 | He seemed to have three expressions only — sardonic , disdainful and furious . |
15 | He seemed to have some fellow-feeling with its weariness . |
16 | Certainly he seems to define active life in terms of outward works and to see it as inferior to the inward experience of contemplation : Some people are doubtful as to which life is the more meritorious and excellent , the contemplative or the active . |
17 | His view of love has already been revealed in his song to Helen ; and he seems to enjoy match-making Troilus and Cressida for subversive reasons of his own . |
18 | When talking about marking off the stretchers he seems to place more importance on the length of the tenon than the distance between the shoulders . |
19 | He seems to have specific problems with complex consonantal blends ( -nch ; -ck- ) . |
20 | He seems to have little sense of the broader issues involved , political or theological . |
21 | But he seems to have one problem that I 'm too embarrassed to ask him about . |
22 | It does not follow from this that the beneficiary himself can not sue , for if he holds the chattels he seems to have joint possession with the trustee . |
23 | But he seems to have this antagonism towards the local people . |
24 | He seems to have more idea than the ould feller . ’ |
25 | Nolan lists some diseases he seems to have more success with than others : arthritis , migraine , bad backs , depression , ME . |
26 | So at home Milton is just one of the others , although he seems to have enough tricks up his sleeve to ensure that he gets his own way most of the time . |
27 | As a general rule , he seems to start each session on a fresh bit of paper . ’ |
28 | Will he now confirm , since he seems to regard all problems as being entirely domestic , that over the second half of the last year industrial production fell in the United States , in Japan and elsewhere and that Germany 's gross domestic product has now declined for three quarters in succession and Germany is in recession ? |
29 | From the way he talks he seems to regard either possibility as a remote contingency . |
30 | Why does he seem to equate circumlocutory pomposity with profundity ? |