Example sentences of "not seem to [be] able " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we teach a horse to move to the right away from the pressure of a rider 's leg on their left side ; they do not seem to be able to reason that pressure on the right side is intended to make them move to the left . |
| 2 | Q. My tank has been set up for five months now , and I do not seem to be able to achieve a good green algae growth . |
| 3 | For some reason people did not seem to be able to accept the possibility of two people who were ‘ going steady ’ being in a state of temporary misunderstanding — the common condition of love ; it had to be make or break , ‘ very fond of each other ’ or ‘ broken it off ’ . |
| 4 | I do not seem to be able to make a speech without an intervention from the hon. Gentleman . |
| 5 | The side is full of skilful individuals but they do not seem to be able to function as a side . |
| 6 | Yellow looks like being this year 's colour — the banana does not seem to be able to stay out of the headlines . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm terribly sorry , I do n't seem to be able to find mine . ’ |
| 8 | I do n't seem to be able to take it in . |
| 9 | She just did n't seem to be able to hang on to men , he thought impatiently , not like his Angie , wherever she was . |
| 10 | Do n't seem to be able to make them hear . |
| 11 | He does n't seem to be able to master the technique . |
| 12 | ‘ I was beside myself with fear , and started panicking as she did n't seem to be able to swim . |
| 13 | I intended Birdland to be explicit but fun , a fantasy to counteract the Black Kiss style of violent sex comic , but these people do n't seem to be able to see that , ’ says Hernandez . |
| 14 | The other thing was we do n't seem to be able to keep a manager for very long without eating them — they start to shake and have nervous breakdowns . |
| 15 | The gas and electricity companies suffer from the scourge of meter-reading and despite 3m unemployed still do n't seem to be able to find anybody to go round knocking on doors at times when anybody that works might actually be at home , and the water companies are moving to metering . |
| 16 | You come here to offer me your undying devotion while you have an entanglement with the lady whom we do n't seem to be able to keep out of the conversation . ’ |
| 17 | Unfortunately many researchers report that they do n't seem to be able to find time for such ‘ extra ’ activities because of overload from other more pressing work . |
| 18 | But with the younger erm West Indians I did n't feel that we we we just did n't seem to be able to find an approach . |
| 19 | She ignored the question , and did n't seem to be able to understand his agitation . |
| 20 | She did n't seem to be able to cope with him . |
| 21 | ’ You know , Mr. Kopek , ’ she said at last , ’ I do n't know whether it 's this new technology or just the way I 'm feeling this morning , but I just do n't seem to be able to take this in . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ He was playing a complicated character ; actors with far more experience would have found it difficult — he did n't seem to be able to get a hold of it somehow , to adapt . ’ |
| 23 | I do n't seem to be able to do any of the things she wants me to do . |
| 24 | Even hardened smokers do n't seem to be able to take this direct onslaught from the pungent and reaching fingers of smoke . |
| 25 | Okay so I think that erm some of Mill 's system he has given us and accounted them a type of theory of democracy but seems to me deeply by between two ideas , one is that everyone will have a say in government and the other is they should n't be allowed decisive say if they are going to say the wrong thing so that on the one hand we have democratic equality of a source , on the other hand we have an independent theory of the good and a democratic process should be allowed to disrupt the good of the nation and Mill just does n't seem to be able to put these two elements in erm proper coherent fashion . |
| 26 | I did n't seem to be able to move my legs properly . |
| 27 | I just did n't seem to be able to handle Eric on the telephone . |
| 28 | Besides , now that she had stopped walking she did n't seem to be able to stop herself from shivering . |
| 29 | We just do n't seem to be able to track them down or attract them in quite the same way , so there is a massive practical problem if you want them to have a voice in how things are done , there 's no doubt about that . |
| 30 | Yep and and he does n't seem to be able to concentrate and I said , but Neil you can drive , when you go out with me you drive beautifully yes but yours is an automatic car , I said , it 's not that I said you 've got road sense you know what you 're doing , I said your good . |