Example sentences of "you seem [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And of course it is the sort of thing one would have told people — something special , idiosyncratic and yet not too intimate about you , and a trait in which ( naturally ) you seemed to take some pride … . ’ |
| 2 | There was a carpet into which you seemed to sink several inches , an ornate desk in the style of the French Empire , a huge couch , upholstered in grey and scarlet , and a number of big soft armchairs in the same pattern . |
| 3 | The other side of your comment was that you seemed to like these certain basic typefaces . |
| 4 | ‘ You seemed to have some trouble with that mattress downstairs , ’ the housekeeper remarked . |
| 5 | ‘ You seem to spend all your time grafting with no reward and you become disillusioned . |
| 6 | These days you seem to spend most of your time in the States . ’ |
| 7 | Funny that , because you seem to spend enough time here . |
| 8 | ‘ Self-made women ’ you seem to hear less of . |
| 9 | Going back to the ‘ Economic Seminar ’ , you seem to accept these things are bound to exist , these small inner groups . |
| 10 | Seeing as you seem to have such a small and narrow-minded attitude , you will never have heard of them . |
| 11 | ‘ You seem to have enough bags . ’ |
| 12 | You may not have behaved too badly under the circumstances ( though we all have a limit to the length of our inner fuse ) ; but how much of the conflict was contributed by the part of you over which you seem to have less control , the fire down below , the lesser-disciplined arena of your own strong inner responses ? |
| 13 | ‘ I thought I might have hurt you — God knows I tried to be careful , but you seem to have this knack of wiping out twenty-five years of control and finesse with a single touch . ’ |
| 14 | Elean:Your stories are very strong on the hostile , uncaring , comtemptuous , apartheid apparatus — for example the traumatic experience for the Black African people just to travel on a train from A to B ; you seem to contrast this , all the time , with the ’ togetherness ’ , the solidarity among the suffering South African people , like in your story , Fud-u-u- , a , where you emphasize this togetherness , especially among the women . |
| 15 | ‘ You seem to know all about it , ’ our Mountie said . |
| 16 | You seem to know all about the cabin . ’ |