Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] seems [prep] me [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's just come in on the come back trail and he seems to me to be getting better and better . |
| 2 | ‘ That is an inquisitorial power , which may work with great severity against third persons , and it seems to me to be obvious that such a section ought to be used with the greatest care , so as not unnecessarily to put in motion the machinery of justice when it is not wanted , or to put it in motion at a stage when it is not clear that it is wanted , and certainly not to put it in motion if unnecessary mischief is going to be done or hardship inflicted upon the third person who is called upon to appear and give information . |
| 3 | Since then I am called ‘ Majesty ’ and it seems to me as if I was part of a play . |
| 4 | Another point which has n't been taken up , despite us being invited to is why is the Greater York area the size that it is , and this is a point that the Senior Inspector raised , er in other towns and cities , I 'm thinking particularly of Exeter for example , the districts have looked at supplying their city based land supply problems on a journey to work area , now that area would be significantly greater than we 're looking at here , and it seems to me in this location er where we see a potential abundance of supply beyond the strict confines of the Greater York area is a very apposite question to ask , why is the Greater York area the area that it is ? |
| 5 | But it seems to me to be having just the opposite effect . ’ |
| 6 | Obviously a longer , longer lead in on that , erm , and , and the county would , clearly need to put some funding into the development to ensure that those er , those satellite businesses operate , and only when you fund those out of the rural economic development 's initiative , but it seems to me to be important that we should ensure that businesses operating in the rural parts of the county have equal access to the facilities of business link and business advice . |
| 7 | But it seems to me to be a foam thing . |
| 8 | If you meet people from other countries , they understand what you mean if you say to do the legal thing , or the just thing , or the right thing , in certain ways , but it seems to me to be a slightly soggy , but nevertheless very important , British concept of doing the decent thing , which may be just , may be legal , may not be either of those two , but the British man has a very clear sense of what it entails . |
| 9 | An ancient animal with 5 per cent of an eye might indeed have used it for something other than sight , but it seems to me at least as likely that it used it for 5 per cent vision . |
| 10 | One such difference is largely a matter of emphasis but it seems to me of significance . |
| 11 | I do n't know , but it seems to me like a hell of a way to live . |
| 12 | But it seems to me like it 's passing the buck a bit in the way they 're just sort of taking responsibility |
| 13 | It 's funny 'cos , I mean , the T V news actually provides that function in this country , I think , of the middle ground , whereas it seems to me on a very limited sort of reading that the T V news erm provides a different sort of service in the States . |