Example sentences of "his [noun] seem to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His heart seemed to be beating too hard , and he started to test his twenty-twenty eyesight by leaping with alternate eyes closed . |
| 2 | His heart seemed to be beating in some huge dry place an echoing cavern . |
| 3 | The prince for his part seems to be working on a deal to give the Khmers Rouges a role in the political system . |
| 4 | Perhaps I will begin by asking him to tell me what he is wearing , what his hair is like , whether his skin seems to be that of someone who is young or of an older person . |
| 5 | In the first half of 1858 his inclinations seemed to be as conservative as ever . |
| 6 | Ken smiled at Molly , retracting his top lip so that his teeth seemed to be aimed directly at her . |
| 7 | All his contacts seem to be within the Coptic community . |
| 8 | The point is not new : Samuel Johnson believed that Shakespeare 's comedies reveal a profounder instinct than his tragedies : ‘ his tragedy seems to be skill , his comedy to be instinct ’ . |
| 9 | But his blood seemed to be flowing at twice the normal Speed and he stood carefully , so that he could see the doorway . |
| 10 | Glaukos in his cerements seems to be watching what is going on ; Polyeidos to be striking at the snake ; but the living snake is shown at the bottom approaching the dead one . |
| 11 | He looked tired , his eyes seemed to be open wider than usual . |
| 12 | His eyes seemed to be trying to imitate a lizard and swivel in opposite directions . |
| 13 | His eyes seemed to be popping out of his head in uncontrollable anger . |
| 14 | For a second or two his eyes seemed to be searching her as he glanced at her dark , tightly fixed hair , her face , her shoulders and her long neck . |
| 15 | His eyes seemed to be stripping the robe from her shoulders , peeling it away , fold by fold , to leave her standing there before him , naked and raw . |
| 16 | His eyes seemed to be coming from a long way away . |
| 17 | His eyes seemed to be trying to assess how much he knew . |
| 18 | His eyes seemed to be dark with emotion , and she wanted to say something , even apologise again , but he had turned away and started the car . |
| 19 | Half a gross on each board yeah , oh you could n't move away from your board at all and it was erm Mr his eyes seemed to be perhaps I should n't tell you this , but I 'm going to , it may be a bit humorous for you my er Mr used to send me out through the back way into street I think it is now , to wait for the paperman with a sporting book oh should I have said that ? |
| 20 | He raised his head and smiled to her again in a curious way , his eyes seeming to be laughing at her . |
| 21 | His mind seemed to be acting like mercury . |
| 22 | His mind seemed to be somewhere else . |
| 23 | We had some business to discuss , but his mind seemed to be elsewhere : I asked if there was anything wrong and he said ‘ No , ’ but I could tell that he was keeping something back . |
| 24 | His reasoning seems to be that where there is smoke , there must be the old woman ( who carries their fire ) : therefore it must be safe for him to follow ( pp. 26 – 7 ) . |
| 25 | The flowers had dripped all down his trousers , his face was frighteningly lacking in colour , he was trembling , and his lips seemed to be sticking together as he tried to speak . |
| 26 | His lips seemed to be mouthing something , but Robert could not make out what it was . |
| 27 | His clients seem to be younger than those of the other companies , and to be more seriously interested in the topic . |
| 28 | Previously his work seemed to be strictly about the inter-relationship of material , colour and shape , but in his new ‘ Shadow Paintings ’ at Rubin Spangle until 18 November tattoos , car explosions and other scenic bits coalesce behind veils of white paint . |
| 29 | Yeah , I mean his work seems to be , his work seems to be a lettering artist 's work , rather than a typographer 's work . |
| 30 | Yeah , I mean his work seems to be , his work seems to be a lettering artist 's work , rather than a typographer 's work . |