Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [vb infin] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | yes whereas Martin although it is his job but he does tend to be a little bit more difficult than he needs to be . |
| 2 | Roland is the emblem of the Old Town : he does appear to be trespassing , but the Old Town originally paid for the upkeep of the bridge , so they are here staking out their territory . |
| 3 | In a light tone , she suggested , ‘ He does appear to be wholly dependent on his godmother . ’ |
| 4 | Twenty-year-old left winger Michael Smith , once of Liverpool and Tranmere Rovers , made a quiet debut on Thursday night against Monaghan but he does appear to be a good crosser of the ball which might help alleviate Derry 's pressing lack of balance on that side of play . |
| 5 | He does deserve to be given more of a chance ! |
| 6 | ‘ I suppose he 's a bit old for that sort of thing , ’ said Lili , ‘ although with that ridiculous car he drives he does seem to be trying to give an impression of boyish insouciance . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , he does seem to be settling down well , ’ said Toby Freely . |
| 8 | Now Mill seems to be very unsure what to do about this because he does n't want to say that the poor should be disenfranchised , because after all everyone is entitled to their say in government , but he does seem to be worried that if the poor are given an equal say or the uned uneducated poor are given an equal say , then they will make a very bad decision , a decision which is against their own interests and this is one reason why he favours plural voting because he recognizes that the numerical majority might make a erm wrong decision , so we should make sure that the numerical majority do n't have sway in a democratic process by giving another client more weight in it so he seems to between wanting to disenfranchise them altogether which he seems to consider and just emasculating their vote by giving other people more votes . |