Example sentences of "does [not/n't] [verb] [verb] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By virtue of this , there does not appear to have been in Ireland any large-scale persecution of heretics . |
| 2 | The chronicler does not seem to have been among them , although he does say that in 1006 the king and his councillors thought offering tribute distasteful . |
| 3 | The difficulty about regarding this as the whole story , however , is that the court does not seem to have been in doubt that the purpose of the additional charges was to prevent the release of the applicants , but it did not regard this as conclusive . |
| 4 | For it must be remembered that Divitiacus does not seem to have been in perfect command either of Greek or of Latin . |
| 5 | ‘ Titron does n't appear to have been in port for over two years . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | I do n't know where he did his police training , but it does n't seem to have been in any recognisable academy . |