Example sentences of "[pers pn] do not appear " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not appear to have received your statistics form ( pink ) sent out with QT notes , which should have been returned in November . |
| 2 | ‘ I grew anxious when you did not appear , but you had good reason , and I 'm glad of your foresight in this matter . ’ |
| 3 | I must draw to your attention that during a recent survey it was noted that you did not appear to be complying fully with the statutory requirements in that you did not show legibly the price of some goods displayed for sale , namely at your premises . |
| 4 | Although you do not appear to feel the ardour which might be desirable so early in a marriage , you will find it has many rewards , I am sure . |
| 5 | ‘ But , Mr Stevens , you do not appear to believe what I am saying . |
| 6 | ‘ You do not appear to be foxed at all , ’ she explained . |
| 7 | During her short career she ambitiously taught herself the principal and solo roles as well as the corps de ballet parts of the various ballets by careful attention during rehearsal and performance , and by assiduously watching even the works in which she did not appear ( such as Le Spectre de la Rose ) . |
| 8 | She did not appear to be unduly depressed and now said that she thought the act had been rather drastic , but did not regret it . |
| 9 | He was perturbed that , according to Eleanor , she did not appear to be well or happy . |
| 10 | She hoped that she did not appear to others like a worthy cause . |
| 11 | As she hunted for a worn pair of leather gloves in the pocket of her pelisse , she did not appear to notice that she had been pulled closely in to the gentleman for a few brief seconds . |
| 12 | Of whatever religion , whatever political persuasion , she did not appear to differentiate . |
| 13 | She established herself firmly in her parents ' house once again , with the addition of her daughter , and decided that , as she did not appear at her very best when moving due to her injury , she would remain on a sofa all the time . |
| 14 | Because we knew that the headmaster of the Scuola Medie Inferiori , where I was now in my last year , was not in a position to punish us if we did not appear for lessons on demonstration days , many of us took part only for a short time and then went home . |
| 15 | Although we did not appear to have a direct hit in any vital part ( and the engines were spared ) as soon as we dropped our bombs , and the photo-flash meant we had a picture of where we had left our load , we turned for home . |
| 16 | We do not appear to have received the signed documents back from you yet . |
| 17 | We do not appear to have received this year 's Statistics Form with details of your classes , and would be very grateful if you could send it back as soon as possible . |
| 18 | They did not appear even to breathe . |
| 19 | The man and woman met by arrangement at Waterloo Station , although they did not appear to . |
| 20 | Until recently very few Europeans and hardly anyone from England had visited this area and they did not appear to have had any previous requests from foreign visitors for information , visits to courts or access to their prisons . |
| 21 | Although children often seemed to understand and produce the unmarked adjective forms more readily than the marked ones , they did not appear to treat small , for instance , at any stage as if its meaning was identical to that of big ( see Bartlett , 1978 ; Clark , 1972 ; Eilers , Oller and Ellington , 1974 ) . |
| 22 | They did not appear to be engaged , nor was Madeleine sporting a ring , but Harry had had no opportunity to discover if the army captain was really her fiance . |
| 23 | He was nursing in silence the options left to him , and so far they did not appear to him totally unpromising . |
| 24 | When I first met the car manufacturers , they did not appear to be taking the matter very seriously at all , but my last meeting with them revealed that they are now much more prepared to make their cars more secure . |
| 25 | He wanted to eliminate people within and without the party and by killing Kirov , another major figure in the party he could eliminate those in the party whom he disliked , legitimately enough , so that they did not appear to be murdered but victims of the purges . |
| 26 | Both these relationships are of course what might have been predicted a priori , in fact it is more surprising that they did not appear in the Groeger and Chapman study than that they do in this one . |
| 27 | The only place they did not appear to have penetrated was Wimbledon — which was perhaps as well , since it left Mr Malik as the sole source of information on the Malik family history . |
| 28 | This came across in the interview because although the managers were under a lot of pressure they did not appear to be panicked or stressed by it . |
| 29 | Polite , friendly , neither intense nor passionate in their responses , they do not appear to have strong opinions either about chess or about their own future . |
| 30 | The ability to seek out travel services for the customer even when they do not appear on brochure racks has brought the company a strong following in the town but also , according to manager Sandra Chisholm , from as far as Glasgow . |