Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] do [not/n't] seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only put it on at night as my herons do n't seem to come in the day . |
| 2 | My milk did n't seem to be coming through so I was told to stuff myself with rich food and carbohydrates . |
| 3 | She 's found that my glasses did n't seem to be right . |
| 4 | The fact that she had been the ship that had sunk the Rawalpindi and killed my father did not seem to me to be a valid reason for omitting her from the series , for apart from the utter impersonality of a modern sea battle , she was by far the most successful of all the major German surface ships as well as being the happiest . |
| 5 | My hand did n't seem to be working either . |
| 6 | By some mix-up , my papers did n't seem to be in order and I had to hold on there until the proper American visa came through . |
| 7 | She got up and poured herself a glass of whisky without asking , and my mother did n't seem to mind . |
| 8 | I said nothing , but my mother did n't seem to notice . |
| 9 | ‘ The difference in their ages does not seem unduly large to me , ’ Wendell interposed . |
| 10 | Though the constitutional case against the Irish government was dismissed in the Dublin High Court the general tenor and legalism of its defence did not seem to be entirely in accord with the spirit of Sunningdale . |
| 11 | She has a very strong sense of duty and a great capacity for making relationships , and so far , by some miracle , perhaps because of the very close bond between her and her mother , her experience does not seem to have coarsened her or made her cynical . |
| 12 | Even children who were bombed out of their homes did not seem to suffer in any way … |
| 13 | In the 1940s wives were still bitterly resentful of the fact that their husbands did not seem to realise that they needed leisure . |
| 14 | Within the field of Latin American art as a whole there are still many individual artists who have not received the attention they deserve because their work does not seem to fit into any larger pattern . |
| 15 | Her parents did not seem to mind that he had no qualifications and had not finished his university course . |
| 16 | In these papers , all kinds of non- and extra-philosophical activities become the basis for philosophical reflection , for instance menstruation and childbirth ( Brenda Almond 's paper ) ; a gut reaction to pornography ( Alison Assiter 's paper ) ; the fantasies that disturb because of their apparently unfeminist nature Jean Grimshaw 's paper ) ; and nonviolent demonstrations against missile bases ( Anne Seller 's paper ) ; the point in each case being that these experiences are the starting point , because their importance did not seem to be recognised within the theoretical categories already provided , and so urgently impel the theorist to work out categories that are more adequate . |
| 17 | The majority of the incomers who settled in these localities were young couples who were still committed to a strategy of occupational and residential mobility in order to further their career interests ; they were ‘ spiralists ’ , and with only a few exceptions , their residence does not seem to be permanent . |
| 18 | Now of course they will say that their goal is to win but unfortunately their actions do n't seem to reflect this ; no matter the amount of money Leeds needs to keep its class players if it wants to win . |
| 19 | Working on her art does n't seem to be tiring Faye at all , and — ’ |
| 20 | Clarity is anticipating a major new release in the new year but according to Smith its emphasis does n't seem to be added features but rather providing the means for customers to integrate Clarity with their other applications , or letting third parties do it . |
| 21 | Her father did not seem ill , and had a new plan for earning money . |
| 22 | Their characters do not seem to lead full , emotional lives . |
| 23 | Hypothetically , anti-lactoferrin autoantibodies could , by counteracting the anti-inflammatory effects of lactoferrin , aggravate and prolong mucosal inflammation induced by several different mechanisms , and the antibodies may therefore have pathogenetic significance even though their occurrence does not seem to correlate with disease activity . |
| 24 | Her life did n't seem to be anything to do with herself any more . |
| 25 | Yet all her precautions do not seem to have prevented the 26-year-old woman from abduction . |
| 26 | Until very late in the day , the possibility of their downfall does not seem to have occurred to Nicolae and Elena Ceauşescu , any more than it had to Zhivkov or Honecker . |
| 27 | Swollen , tight and capped with two dark , elongated peaks , her breasts did n't seem to belong to her . |
| 28 | The time-scale of its degeneration does not seem to threaten its identity as a telescope , that is to say , its physical deterioration is sufficiently slow to support the illusion of permanence . |
| 29 | His heart did n't seem to be in much of anything , right now . |
| 30 | His brief judgments were conscientiously prepared , but his heart did not seem to be in the job . |