Example sentences of "n't seem [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's just that I — well , I do n't seem to like being touched . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ See , what you do n't seem to grasp is we 've got to progress or everything stops . |
| 3 | The only trouble was that , unlike most babies , Joanna did n't seem to enjoy being bounced and cuddled . |
| 4 | John Smith , the shadow Chancellor , said last night : ‘ What he does n't seem to realise is that interest rates mean that it will be much harder for industry to get on its feet to help us overcome the balance of payments deficit . |
| 5 | What they do n't seem to realise is that we do n't keep spares in the office , so all we can do is send them on to Ablex anyway , so you 'll have longer to wait . |
| 6 | What Mr Patten does n't seem to realise is that most seven to 11-year-old children — and I do n't mean his own privileged daughter Mary Claire — need to be eased and teased into acquiring a reading habit . |
| 7 | What people do n't seem to realise is that families outside still have to support prisoners . |
| 8 | They do n't seem to have been much together in recent months , I thought perhaps the friendship had petered out . |
| 9 | The old grey wood , though still dampish , looked as adequate for its purpose as its fellows still forming the boathouse floor and did n't seem to have been weakened in any way . |
| 10 | She does n't seem to have been politically active , though her father was . ’ |
| 11 | I do n't know why this decision was taken , especially as it does n't seem to have been a well-planned one . |
| 12 | I do n't know where he did his police training , but it does n't seem to have been in any recognisable academy . |
| 13 | What Kronecker said does n't seem to have been recorded ; Gordan called it " Theology , not mathematics " . |
| 14 | Because there does n't seem to have been ever any er revolution that was initiated by working classes . |
| 15 | I 've told them everything I could think of that might help , but so far it does n't seem to have been of any use . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I do feel ’ — Fosdyke did n't seem to have been listening — ‘ a strong sense of responsibility . ’ |
| 17 | There therefore does n't seem to have been much of a change , and furthermore Smith ( 1983 ) in his text specifically entitled Recreation Geography has also followed this model , albeit in the modified form of the relationship between ‘ travel/resources ’ which he calls the two main branches of the tree of recreation geography . |
| 18 | ‘ He does n't seem to have been well-liked . ’ |
| 19 | They 've been in water but the bullet fits tightly in the cartridge case , and they do n't seem to have been in water long enough for much water to have got in to affect the charge . |
| 20 | The bed was made , but did n't seem to have been slept in for some time , although there was a folded pair of pyjamas under the pillow . |
| 21 | They do n't seem to have been poor : she had all her piano lessons , Gustav had a racing bicycle when he was still at school . |
| 22 | ‘ No , it does n't seem to have been reported in the national papers , just the local Kent newspaper . |
| 23 | Later in the paper I 'll be explaining that , whilst there was also a recognition that there was a gradual build-up in the care requirements , there does n't seem to have been the same explicit recognition that there 's been a gradual build-up in the assessment and care management which has an increased ongoing cost in future years . |
| 24 | ‘ Mind you , there does n't seem to have been a moment 's peace since I started out in the Irish News away back in 1929 . |
| 25 | So , active safety does n't seem to have been neglected . |
| 26 | But it does n't seem to have been . |
| 27 | But there do n't seem to have been any serious consequences from the BBC spoof . |
| 28 | One thing Mum does n't seem to forget is hymns . |
| 29 | The greengrocer looked mildly reproving ; he did n't seem to mind being called silly , or that the quality of his goods was being impugned . |
| 30 | What you do n't seem to know is that I 'm working for Query and not for you . |