Example sentences of "[verb] not seem to be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other lesson where I ‘ doubled-up ’ was observed by the Director of Studies , whose presence did not seem to be at all intrusive and distorting in effect . |
| 2 | It did not seem to be of any consequence , for it made no immediate difference . |
| 3 | The produce did not seem to be of high quality . |
| 4 | But he did not seem to be in any hurry . |
| 5 | Still resolute , she turned to the desk : something was wrong , her books and papers did not seem to be in their usual place . |
| 6 | His brief judgments were conscientiously prepared , but his heart did not seem to be in the job . |
| 7 | The pictures however did n't seem to be of artistes of any kind ; they were just of anonymous , handsome young men , the sort of photographs that Boy had seen in barber 's windows showing the kinds of haircut you could get . |
| 8 | So it did n't seem to be of any hardship to anybody for for the mother to be involved in er political activity . |
| 9 | Visits to Lille and visits from such important people as the Duke of Gloucester , the C-in-C , Lord Gort , and the Divisional Commander , a little Major-General called Montgomery who did n't seem to be to the liking of the younger officers . |
| 10 | Here we were , approaching the sixth wartime Christmas and still the end did n't seem to be in sight . |
| 11 | This part of the country did n't seem to be in the war . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Pursuing this laissez-faire policy may have been in the national interest , but it did n't seem to be in John 's or that of the other hostages . |
| 14 | His heart did n't seem to be in much of anything , right now . |
| 15 | yeah , no , not that we come back to that in a moment or to , I 'm just trying to see where this leads us though Mr , erm as a matter of legal analysis , erm y-y-y- your complaint , one particular one we 're talking about is that erm these standard , these are standard degrees which offend the competition rules now if it , if that 's right would not the consequence by erm across the ball , you 're saying you only , you only would render them invalid in so far as they happen to do any , happened to have done any particular name of , er that , I ca n't think , it did n't seem to be in any of the erm cases we 've looked at where the competition rules were applied , but that was a necessary condition if , if , if it 's that if it 's void , if people have suffered a loss as a result of it they can recover a lost , you do n't have to show a loss do you in order to , to , to be declared void |
| 16 | Her sense of time did n't seem to be like everybody 's else 's . |
| 17 | When the , the laundry was knocked down it seemed to be the end of an era that er , it did n't seem to be like park much longer . |
| 18 | There 's been no guidance from the government , but they do n't certainly they certainly do n't seem to be against mixed ability teaching . |
| 19 | There 's been no guidance from the government , but they certainly do n't seem to be against mixed ability teaching . |
| 20 | when you offered a meeting which does not seemed to be in dispute , either you 're travelling to London or making yourselves available in Corma were you offering a ten minute conversation or were you anticipating that you would be able to deal with any questions he might have ? |
| 21 | It had n't seemed to be worth while , not worth the hurt and upset . |
| 22 | Well no it certainly does n't seem to be with , one in four girls getting pregnant . |
| 23 | Ellen does n't seem to be on yellow , is she ? |
| 24 | ‘ Except he does n't seem to be in any sort of world . |
| 25 | Sellars sadly does n't seem to be in the first team at Newcastle . |
| 26 | Now presumably somebody in government or Whitehall has just taken a decision to , to go for it all in one year , I do n't know why , I , I do n't suppose we 're told why , but the , the consequence of the decision is actually going to be that people in Shropshire , our clients and social services are going to pay for that decision , either through paying charges for services that they now get for nothing , or by getting less services , er , and this does n't seem to be in line with the government 's stated aim of , of targeting money where it 's most needed . |