Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [pers pn] do not seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shoulders and upper arms are covered by a cape , or perhaps rather a cape-like adjustment of the dress : seen from the back it does not seem to be a separate garment . |
| 2 | The VNODD as well as the communists had already been involved in fomenting strikes but on the whole they do not seem to have attached themselves to any cause other than nationalism and , while they were particularly active in attempting to subvert the army , when they finally and out of desperation , having been heavily penetrated by the Sûreté , attempted to begin their armed struggle , many of the Vietnamese riflemen in the battalion , which was induced to mutiny , rallied instead to their French officers . |
| 3 | Before going he had told us that firstly , all his carp had been caught on sweetcorn and bread and although fishing with boilies on one rod all week he had been able to get a take , in his words they just did not seem to eat them ; secondly , although there were plenty of carp on the surface they did not seem the least bit interested in floaters , and thirdly he was at a loss to know what one needed to do to put a cat on the bank . |
| 4 | I think she spotted me , in spite of the glare of the footlights for when I called at her dressing room back-stage after the show she did not seem surprised to see me . |
| 5 | While the Environment Protection Act will go some way to addressing the situation it does not seem to take into account those owners who will not care if their dog is impounded and destroyed and certainly will not pay to save it . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's all right , ’ although , as she looked through the crack it did not seem all right at all ; in fact it seemed all wrong . |
| 7 | However as Gorbachev managed to outsmart Reagan at every meeting it does not seem that Gordievsky 's advice was particularly useful and Reagan would probably have got on better without him . |