Example sentences of "do [not/n't] seem [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At such moments it did not seem better to be dead than Red , neither did it seem plausible that there was a godless conspiracy at work wherever one looked . |
| 2 | The taxi-driver did not seem keen on going to Wimbledon . |
| 3 | From St Paul 's Cathedral to Putney Vale Crematorium did not seem such a short distance to the neighbours , such was their generous enthusiasm for Donald 's interment , and when they heard there were plans for a memorial service at Wimbledon Parish Church , some people said it was even better to do it this way . |
| 4 | Although she swung round quickly , he noticed that she did not seem all that startled . |
| 5 | Somehow — it did not seem diplomatic to enquire too deeply just how — he had missed her at the arranged spot . |
| 6 | He would have liked some more but it did not seem appropriate . |
| 7 | In many of the cases brought against experts , where full arbitral status did not seem appropriate , the expert 's immunity was said to derive from the fact that the expert 's status was that of a " quasi-arbitrator " , or that the expert was " in the position of an arbitrator " , or that an expert was " in the nature of an arbitrator " . |
| 8 | But on the whole the bundles of blanket and piled clothing in the beds did not seem alive at all and I might have been alone in the block . |
| 9 | Now he did and they did not seem absurd , they seemed like good reasons . |
| 10 | They did not seem pleased to see me , in fact they more or less ignored me , but I hardly noticed their rudeness . |
| 11 | Mr Malik did not seem pleased to see it again . |
| 12 | She did not seem much interested in the bomb . |
| 13 | There did not seem much point in working at my research , because I did n't expect to live long enough to finish my Ph.D . |
| 14 | The Club obviously preferred to have a public supply but this did not seem easy to arrange for the Minutes frequently talk about ‘ bringing pressure to bear on the Water Companies ’ . |
| 15 | General relativity , on the other hand , was largely ignored because it seemed too complicated mathematically , was not testable in the laboratory , and was a purely classical theory that did not seem compatible with quantum mechanics . |
| 16 | Mr Malik did not seem anxious that Mafouz should let go of the ball until he was absolutely ready to do so . |
| 17 | Now , it was suggested that Mr X 's alleged subnormality did not seem consistent with a lifestyle that involved successful gambling in London clubs at a complicated card game called Kalooki , savings of £30 000 , and familiarity not just with English and French but with Hebrew and Arabic as well . |
| 18 | But to people who are not trained in science it simply did not seem possible that mankind 's puny factories , and even punier cars and refrigerators , could have an effect on the well-being of the entire world . |
| 19 | It did not seem possible . |
| 20 | ‘ Three months ago it did not seem possible that we could take the Championship again but we never gave up . |
| 21 | It did not seem possible that so lively a person was dead . |
| 22 | Although in September 1939 he did not seem sure whether he would be able to compose any more poetry — it was a time when any kind of " plan " seemed futile — within three or four months he did start work upon another poem . |
| 23 | He did not seem perturbed . |
| 24 | It certainly did not seem that way at the time . |
| 25 | They watched television with pleasure , but treated its political messages with much the same scepticism as they did ordinary speeches and broadcasts : it did not seem that television had greater persuasive power to mould Zuwaya minds than other media . |
| 26 | The window was barred on the outside but this did not seem unreasonable as there was only one thin wall of barbed wire as defence for the whole camp . |
| 27 | I managed to get to the wine bar the other side of St Paul 's in time to pick up Rebecca and the bar staff did not seem sad to see her go . |
| 28 | He waited , but did not seem disappointed that Nicholas made him no answer . |
| 29 | As both parents spoke to him in Punjabi for most of the time this did not seem surprising . |
| 30 | The Maggot did not seem scared , but rather stung by the challenge . |