Example sentences of "who seemed to have [det] " in BNC.

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1 This was an important mission , yet they had sent him a minor police official who seemed to have little standing or influence .
2 Something like resentment was beginning to swell in Cardiff ; a resentment that he was now doing as he was told by these newcomers — these newcomers who seemed to have more answers than he did for whatever in hell was going on here .
3 In the past it was invariably the leading Americans who seemed to have more grit or nerve when it came to the closing stretch .
4 He had cleared the small , fetid room , in which five persons lived , of everyone but the girl 's grandmother , who seemed to have some idea of how to help him — the girl 's mother was a defeated , apathetic creature only just over thirty herself .
5 The whole incident made the short cut longer than the long cut but in time we reached the approach to the camp , much to the relief of Hassan who seemed to have less and less faith in the Second Son 's navigation .
6 For once , it was the losing side who seemed to have fewer reservations about the performance of the referee .
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