Example sentences of "seem [to-vb] [been] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For whatever reason , Neil , who had almost looked forward to relieving his body 's urgent demands — he seemed to have been continent for years , and McAllister 's arrival in Vetch Street had most inconveniently revived his dormant senses — found that he was disgusted with himself most of all . |
| 2 | Until she knew what was in the old man 's will she and Cathy seem to have been matey enough . |
| 3 | ( To both Leonard 's and his mother 's regret , sadly ; another of those alienating-reconciling events which seem to have been characteristic of this family . ) |
| 4 | All walls seem to have been lime washed , even those not plastered , such as in the ‘ dead room ’ in the basement . |
| 5 | The payment made to Olaf Tryggvason in 994 , for example , seems to have been part of a deal in which Olaf agreed to be confirmed ( with Æthelred standing sponsor ) , and promised that he would never return to England . |
| 6 | The major factor in the deaths seems to have been polystyrene ceiling tiles in the kitchen and living room . |
| 7 | Quite , quite frankly I , I ca n't see Walsall moving , because it seems to have been money wasted if they 've made Fellas Park good and then they move somewhere else . |
| 8 | Alured 's civil war activities were concentrated in two committees : he seems to have been chairman of the committee of the East Riding , and he was an equally active member of the committee of the Northern Association ( sometimes called ‘ the committee at York ’ , though wholly distinct from the committee of Yorkshire , also at York ) . |
| 9 | He was the son of and seems to have been co-ruler with King Cenred ( see Appendix , Fig. 3 ) , whose advice he acknowledges in his laws which date to the period before 693/4 ( when Eorcenwald , bishop of London , whose help he also acknowledges , died ) . |
| 10 | As we shall see , there seems to have been provocation from Normandy too . |
| 11 | There also seems to have been trouble at Ramsey . |
| 12 | Sometimes , these remain in the landscape or are incorporated into complex village plans ; elsewhere , they were abandoned in what seems to have been wholescale replanning and resiting of villages . |
| 13 | The key factor seems to have been proletarianisation rather than urbanisation , that is the generalisation of the wage-labour relationship . |
| 14 | In view of the benevolent rule of the communes this might seem to have been retrograde step . |