Example sentences of "seem [adv] to have be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As their mother seemed already to have been in hospital for most of their lives , Alexander and Victoria saw no change and since the family followed the form of their class and delegated the day-to-day care of their children entirely to the nanny , the absence of their mother hardly affected their lives . |
| 2 | The actual women themselves — or rather girls , for they seem mainly to have been under 18-who worked in these experimental offices , are not heard in the debate , silenced not so much by their sex perhaps , as by their mostly humble circumstances and extreme youth and inexperience . |
| 3 | This explains , says the professor , why all Archer 's characters seem never to have been through the growing-up process . |
| 4 | In Zeus 's other great sanctuary , at Dodona in the north , he seems likewise to have been without a temple until the fifth century ; perhaps it is a function of his ancient role as sky-god . |
| 5 | His salary should have been adequate , with the perquisites of office , and though salaries were often not paid promptly , he seems never to have been in need . |