Example sentences of "[pers pn] appear [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ However , I appear to be stuck with it . ’ |
| 2 | Where do you come from , Miss Telford — or do I appear to be inquisitive ? ’ |
| 3 | And we stood there , me with a great big frown on my face , quite mystified that William could n't see what I was getting at … and William smiling but looking equally puzzled that I appeared to be incapable of understanding what he meant . |
| 4 | ‘ You appear to be ignorant of the proper way to behave in an office of this kind . |
| 5 | ‘ You appear to be familiar with two groups of the old : the wingeing paranoid dimwits who can think of nothing better to do than queue unnecessarily , and the depraved and corrupt denizens of ffeatherstonehaugh 's . |
| 6 | At times you appear to be over-optimistic , unrealistic and inclined to put the cart before the horse , but you are also kind , caring and generous to a fault . |
| 7 | RETAIL SALESPERSON : I can see that you appear to be interested in our stereo equipment . |
| 8 | If you are prevented from travelling because in the opinion of any person in authority you appear to be unfit to travel or likely to cause discomfort of disturbance to other passengers , our responsibility for your holiday thereupon ceases . |
| 9 | Cleo Sinister possessed neither of these qualities , nor did she appear to be familiar with other desirable attributes such as obedience , silence and the possession of gentle manners . |
| 10 | With eyes open and face smiling she appears to be unaware of the grave-clothes ; it is as if the sculptor added them against orders , his way of telling the viewer that this attractive lady was now dead . |
| 11 | but I 'm , I 'm rapidly running out of the allowance erm she appears to be satisfied |
| 12 | Indeed she appears to be beautiful both physically and as a person . |
| 13 | Harriet had left her daughter in bed , but now she appeared to be deep in conversation with a visitor . |
| 14 | Maybe , if she appeared to be unruffled by his underhand behaviour , Luther would seek other means by which to destroy her peace of mind . |
| 15 | In her winter coat she appeared to be little more than a central pole with a tent draped from her shoulders . |
| 16 | If Dorothy gave a party , and it was only a small party , it was an effort , and she appeared to be tired of it all , to have forgotten how , in the sixties and early seventies , parties just happened . |
| 17 | Now she appeared to be unconcerned what people thought . |
| 18 | The fabric was so fine that she appeared to be naked in the bright light . |
| 19 | She appeared to be astonished . |
| 20 | We appear to be selfish , cynical creatures ; our greatest ambition in relation to rules of behaviour is to get other people to obey them so that our own cheating is even more productive . |
| 21 | As we live on a rotating planet , we are all of us , because of this alone , always travelling at about 1,000 miles an hour all the time even though we appear to be stationary . |
| 22 | He had been reading the notes of Wittgenstein , he said , who before his death had been working on the relation between the private , sensuous experience of colour and the universal language of colour words with which we appear to be able to communicate it . |
| 23 | If we appear to be unable to do without families , then they must be beneficial for us . |
| 24 | The evidence against them appears to be overwhelming . ’ |
| 25 | The evidence against them appears to be overwhelming . ’ |
| 26 | " Rifle bullets , and they appear to be live ones . |
| 27 | It will be interesting to see how discussions over ‘ efficiency ’ in schools develop and whether they appear to be useful ! |
| 28 | Finally , it may be the case that a number of word candidates are produced , but they appear to be incorrect . |
| 29 | In an inquisitorial process of this kind lawyers do not stand out as good investigators ; they appear to be obsessed with the necessity to attribute blame . |
| 30 | If they appear to be two-dimensional they suddenly seem less ‘ animal-like ’ and may avoid the unwelcome attentions of a hungry predator . |