Example sentences of "[prep] his [noun sg] seem to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I include them because his statement that his days on the Western Front — in spite of the horror and the squalor — were the happiest of his life seems to be some sort of commentary on the greater part of a lifetime spent in what is often regarded as the idyllic English countryside . |
| 2 | This extensive and informative correspondence between an MP and the mayor and burgesses of his constituency seems to be unique amongst surviving documentation of the period . |
| 3 | Suddenly , even the sound of his voice seemed to be getting to her . |
| 4 | What we need to do is steal his thunder in some way so that he realises how pointless it would be to write a story or even make any of those veiled suggestions that reporters of his ilk seem to be so good at . ’ |
| 5 | And the point of his saying seems to be that with the littlest of faith , the great tasks can be accomplished . |
| 6 | The atmosphere in his office seemed to be closing in on her in an intimacy which she must avoid at all costs . |
| 7 | The prince for his part seems to be working on a deal to give the Khmers Rouges a role in the political system . |
| 8 | Although support for his party seems to be stagnating and may even be on the decline , it still has an important following , mainly among the poorer working and artisan classes and the retired . |