Example sentences of "he seemed have " in BNC.
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| 1 | But by move 50 he seemed to have lost the thread of the game completely and his position was considerably worse . |
| 2 | Thus a Dean of Durham , and an ex-Bishop of Durham , and a complicated patronage secretary who popped out of holes like a rabbit , and a doctrine of apostolic authority , and an Archbishop of York , and a desire to follow the calling of God even if it looked unlikely , winkled a professor out of a career to which he seemed to have been born . |
| 3 | He seemed to have clinched a seventh victory with his partner , Jean-Louis Schlesser , putting the icing on the cake of their shared world championship . |
| 4 | It was something he seemed to have spent a great deal of his life wondering . |
| 5 | He seemed to have not the slightest interest in what she was saying . |
| 6 | He seemed to have a score of hands and a hundred musical fingers . |
| 7 | And it was true that Simon had the self-possession of somebody much older : he seemed to have everything worked out . |
| 8 | North had now retired from the Marines and , in his blue suit and ‘ rather bright ’ red tie , he seemed to have shrunk , becoming ‘ forlorn ’ and ‘ pathetic ’ . |
| 9 | He seemed to have let out sufficient steam and resentment for the moment and turned to flirt obligingly with a middle-aged woman who touched his arm in pleased anticipation . |
| 10 | He seemed to have the strength of ten ; he tore the ropes off him and rose to his feet , his orange windbreaker gusting in the gale like a bird 's wings . |
| 11 | Gooch recalled playing against Waqar at Chelmsford : ‘ The first impression was that he seemed to have a very long run-up but he is obviously a very fine fast bowler with the ability to swing , particularly the old ball . ’ |
| 12 | Every time we went to see him he seemed to have yet more wires and tubes attached to his little body . |
| 13 | . He seemed to have spite on me … |
| 14 | Well , he seemed to have cheered up , thought Ruth , clearing the table . |
| 15 | He seemed to have forgotten about me in the middle of his sentence . |
| 16 | I thought he was going to say , I 'm not saying anything more in front of him , but no , he seemed to have forgotten all about Vern . |
| 17 | Then , when he seemed to have left his post , we furtively approached the door , noting that the disappearance of his reflection on the glass door-top was due to the man being called over to the booking office window at the foyer . |
| 18 | He seemed to have forgotten about only letting me loose on water . |
| 19 | He seemed to have been driving for ever . |
| 20 | Partly because he seemed to have the secret of eternal youth ; but mainly because , unlike too many , he was into mission and not maintenance . |
| 21 | He seemed to have come to terms with the end of his career but the fact he never spoke about his feelings was always a worry . ’ |
| 22 | He is also much younger , 23 , than I thought — he seemed to have been around a long time . |
| 23 | He seemed to have grown older , more mature — as if his brother 's burden of kingship had fallen on his shoulders also . |
| 24 | Already he seemed to have the reassuring kind of manner one associated with being a doctor . |
| 25 | He seemed to have taken no other hurt at all ; but — |
| 26 | It struck her that he seemed to have tacked himself on to the others . |
| 27 | ‘ He seemed to have everything before him . |
| 28 | Moreover , he seemed to have no awareness of his limitations . |
| 29 | Indeed , it did n't seem quite impossible even to me , as he seemed to have reached a kind of plateau — no better but certainly no worse , free of pain and very happy — often informing me that he was getting stronger every day . |
| 30 | Joe 's reply was curt and Mr Beecham looked at this young man who , when he had last seen him just a few months ago , had appeared to him to be a schoolboy , immature for his age : but sitting before him now was a young man with no sign of immaturity on his countenance , for he seemed to have aged overnight , as it were . |