Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [not/n't] seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I played , people who heard what I was doing and liked it recommended that I should get a Precision , which I eventually did , but I could n't seem to get enough of my own playing character to come through with it . |
| 2 | I could n't seem to be bothered to move . |
| 3 | ‘ I could n't seem to get back any vim , that 's all . |
| 4 | " Okay it 's the cops , " said the lady finally , and strode back towards the house I was thrashing and clawing but with Agnes still slumped on my middle and the whisky bottle and everything I could n't seem to writhe my way upright . |
| 5 | ( Secretly , however , I longed for my own perch back ; I could not seem to settle anywhere . |
| 6 | I was confused , I could not seem to raise my wings . |
| 7 | I could not seem to find the courage to fly free . |
| 8 | ‘ Having been so close to winning the title in the past few years I thought this was going to be my chance but the draws have just dried up and I ca n't seem to get near fish , ’ said Dave from Hednesford , Staffordshire . |
| 9 | ‘ I ca n't seem to stop myself . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I ca n't seem to get close enough to the board to get my foot on . ’ |
| 11 | His principal sexual enjoyment seemed to come from sleeping with young boys and his one foray into a heterosexual relationship ended dismally with his middle-aged paramour complaining , ‘ I ca n't seem to make him understand that biting 's no good . ’ |
| 12 | Furthermore , I ca n't seem to maintain even a simple rhythm on the guitar any more . |
| 13 | ‘ Since I 've had a sit-down job I ca n't seem to get the weight off , ’ says Nicholle , a publishers ' assistant from Bristol . |
| 14 | ‘ I ca n't seem to find anything , ’ said Griselda , shuffling out and sitting back on her heels . |
| 15 | I ca n't seem to get the lighting right — some plants are browning on the lower level — others are going brown all over . |
| 16 | I love him so desperately yet I ca n't seem to make him happy . |
| 17 | I ca n't seem to concentrate . |
| 18 | I ca n't seem to get my left eye open . |
| 19 | ‘ I-I , I ca n't seem to . |
| 20 | I ca n't seem to have have yet heard definitely that this is going to be . |
| 21 | I ca n't seem to get back my strength , ’ she said . |
| 22 | I ca n't seem to help it . |
| 23 | ‘ I want to talk to Rhoda Brocklebank and Peter Fleming , but I ca n't seem to get at them . |
| 24 | ‘ I ca n't seem to feel anything . |
| 25 | ‘ I ca n't seem to stop thinking about him . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I look at your face , and I look at one eye and then the other and then your nose , but I ca n't seem to look at your face altogether , all at once , because the sight of your face is causing me pain . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I ca n't seem to find a job . |
| 28 | I ca n't seem to get away from them . |
| 29 | ‘ I dropped the candle too , Seb , and I ca n't seem to find it . ’ |
| 30 | I ca n't seem to find a copy of any report which was produced as a result of this survey , and I have no recollection of ever having received a copy , but presumably it would contain enough data for your new placement student to re-input . |