Example sentences of "do [vb infin] to [pers pn] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And some of the things you do seem to me to be inefficient , and consequently rather a waste of energy . |
| 2 | It 's got spies in it , so that it 's got certain contemporary interest , but erm that did seem to me to be a very fine and very moving novel , which I 'd strongly recommend . |
| 3 | That does seem to me to be important . ’ |
| 4 | One of the beefs I have about accommodation for elderly people is the fact that by , that the purpose built , very excellent , bungalows and flats for elderly citizens are restricted to one bedroom which , to which but is by government decree to keep the cost down , but it does seem to me to be very heartless because elderly people 's children are unable to come and stay with them except to the great deal of discomfort and perhaps as society grows a little more considerate for the fact that the percentage of elderly people will get even greater as the years go on , then they should make allowance and provide them for the facilities to enable them to be visited by their children and grandchildren . |
| 5 | However , what does seem to me to be both dangerous and impermissible is the judicial superimposition , under the guise of statutory construction , of a principle , supposedly based on some parliamentary intention nowhere expressed , that genuine transactions carried out in conformity with unequivocal statutory provisions are to be annulled or rendered ineffective because undertaken with either the sole or the predominant motive of obtaining the fiscal benefits which those provisions confer . |
| 6 | Again , I do n't know if this has any bearing on the murder of Paul Gray , but it does seem to me to be a part of the general atmosphere of corruption and decay . ’ |
| 7 | So for all those reasons sir there does seem to me to be erm the case for a policy which would allow this exception to erm attract to North Yorkshire inward investment of this strategically important kind . |
| 8 | erm he does seem to me to be me the best — I mean all this common opinion is true — he is a writer of indefinite richness and it is amazing , but the case . |
| 9 | erm He does seem to me to be the best . |
| 10 | They 're doing it within their own time and resources , but it does seem to me to be a very appropriate area for Michael ? |