Example sentences of "they do n't seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did n't seem to be embarrassed , whereas I used to try and hide everything and felt conscious of myself . ’ |
| 2 | But they did n't seem to last very long . |
| 3 | They did n't seem to know what it was , so had taken her into hospital for observation — or so I understood . |
| 4 | They had been drinking , but they did n't seem to want to fight anybody . |
| 5 | He hated seeing wartime documentaries ; they did n't seem to affect Anna in the same way — she seemed to thrill with excitement as the guns flashed and the tanks churned through ruined streets . |
| 6 | Naturally we went to share our sandwiches with the robins , which were starving , but they were so unused to people they did n't seem to know what bread was . |
| 7 | They did n't seem to be very bothered about issues other than what was going on in the village itself . |
| 8 | Her feet and hands were so cold they did n't seem to belong to her , but that was nothing to the coldness inside . |
| 9 | In the heat-haze they were saints walking on water , they did n't seem to touch the ground at all . |
| 10 | They did n't seem prepared to say anything that might appear embarrassing or gauche later on . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ When I told the nurses , they did n't seem too surprised and it was as if such a mix-up was not uncommon . |
| 12 | Later , when Frankie and Liza , my brother and sister , came in from playing I told them the sad news , but they did n't seem very upset . |
| 13 | The strange thing was they did n't seem to mind that he was on the same terms with judges , cops and lawyers . |
| 14 | But they did n't seem to mind , or feel remotely affronted . |
| 15 | ‘ They did n't seem able to help . ’ |
| 16 | But erm , they did n't seem to go on the dole , they just seemed short of work and short of money , you see ? |
| 17 | They did n't seem to be focused on anything in particular . |
| 18 | But they did n't seem to mind my coming . |
| 19 | The only things that might have been classed as narrative were the poems , and they did n't seem to have anything to do with each other , apart from the fact a lot of them seemed to be vaguely about Death , or Love . |
| 20 | They tried to be friendly ; they frequented the cafés and even ventured into people 's houses , and they did n't seem to do any harm . |
| 21 | In fact he was trembling like a leaf , but they did n't seem to notice . |
| 22 | The twelve pink piglets fought and worried along the row of teats ; they did n't seem to be getting much . |
| 23 | They did n't seem to notice the children 's dishevelment . |
| 24 | They did n't seem to worry her . ’ |
| 25 | She could hear ventilators pumping somewhere deeper in the complex , but they did n't seem to be equal to the job . |
| 26 | He said they could have a picnic if they brought some cake out into the garden , but they did n't seem to understand him . |
| 27 | ‘ No , they did n't seem to . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Well , when I pick up my money for the job , they did n't seem too happy . |
| 29 | I gagged and glanced at the two bald-pated twins : they did n't seem so terrible now but rather pathetic . |
| 30 | They did n't seem to share their clients ' reservations about getting home late . |