Example sentences of "[coord] it [verb] [adv] seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then again , stretch the list of failures over four years and it does n't seem that long at all . |
| 2 | The frets are quite thin as well and it does n't seem to go out of tune that much . |
| 3 | ‘ Does n't look right to me , and it does n't seem to be getting any nearer . ’ |
| 4 | Similarly , the goblin of the night which is ‘ Scarbo ’ does n't produce every necessary frisson , one left- hand major second is misread at 0 ‘ 53 ’ and when it recurs later , and it does n't seem as if the soft pedal is used , as marked , for the final page , which is too loud generally . |
| 5 | He 's done nothing wrong , nothing , and it does n't seem right somehow . |
| 6 | John Pilger may point us back to the lessons of Vietnam or even the Falklands , but we also live day-to-day with distorted coverage of Ireland and it does n't seem to bother us too much . |
| 7 | Looking at things squarely , I should say that most of the £5 million you have advanced to Ingard will have to be written off — and it does n't seem to me to make much difference to the bank whether this becomes open knowledge now , or in a week or so . |
| 8 | There 's always someone to keep an eye on the kids , and it does n't seem to bother them having children round and up till all hours . |
| 9 | ‘ We never saw anything he videoed on it and it does n't seem to be here . |
| 10 | And it does n't seem to be happening . |
| 11 | ‘ You only stay where you 're wanted and it does n't seem as though I 'm in Sunderland 's long-term plans . ’ |
| 12 | Female labour was never used underground in Cornwall and it does not seem to have been much used at the surface either , until the growth of copper mining which rapidly overhauled tin in importance after about 1740 . |
| 13 | Depending on the circumstances and the provisions of the partnership agreement : ( 1 ) he may be justified in treating the service of an invalid expulsion notice as an event which in turn gives him the right to serve a similar notice ; or ( 2 ) he may ( not unreasonably ) be able to contend that the service of an invalid notice is such breach of good faith as to justify his seeking a dissolution of the firm ; or ( 3 ) he may be tempted to sue for damages , though these would be particularly difficult to quantify and it does not seem that the service of an invalid notice would be held to amount to a repudiatory breach of the partnership agreementsee Woodar Investment Development Ltd v Wimpey Construction UK Ltd [ 1980 ] 1 WLR 277. ( e ) Waiver of the right to expel Once circumstances exist which might justify the exercise of a power to expel , the partners should not delay bringing matters to a head . |
| 14 | Certain it is , in stormy weather , from any point of the compass you will have a blow on Stormy Hill , and it does further seem as if it were tenanted by those who in the voyage of life have weathered storms quite as real , — long sickness , pinching poverty , and mayhap , in some cases , that very terrible malady when it becomes chronic , a disinclination to regular work ; and their present lot is one of storms , — few comforts and short allowance even of the needs of life within doors , and the wintry blasts without ; and failing health and increasing age give small prospect of much more of the sunshine or fewer of the blasts on this side of the dark River Jordan . |
| 15 | She had looked into the midnight-dark eyes and it had n't seemed to matter at all that the plaza was a very busy place . |
| 16 | That was the Catholic name for it and it had always seemed very appropriate to Preston , conjuring up visions of an unctuous priest dripping oil and glib assurance . |
| 17 | We 've been together now for 18 years and it do n't seem a day too long , but I can see there does come a time when it 's good for mother and child to view one another from a distance . |
| 18 | THEY 'VE been together now for 25 years … and it do n't seem a day too much . |
| 19 | ‘ I would have had it done , ’ said the owner , a small , pale woman , ‘ but I 'm selling up to go and live with my sister and it did n't seem worth it . ’ |
| 20 | The militants had gained control and it did n't seem like Britain at all . |
| 21 | I 'd heard all about Group from Rosemary and it did n't seem to be my sort of place . |
| 22 | And it did n't seem fair to us that might should be right . ’ |
| 23 | He spoke as if this were a perfectly natural thing to do Carrie thought of it , of the sick old woman dressing up in her jewels and her beautiful clothes , and of this skinny , solemn , bespectacled boy watching her , and it did n't seem natural at all . |
| 24 | She made the bookings , and it did n't seem worthwhile changing them , especially as you already complain that you 're overworked — ’ |
| 25 | And it did n't seem very long to the man anyway . |
| 26 | It was only eight-thirty and it did n't seem likely that I 'd go to bed early , if I went at all . |
| 27 | Her mother identified it as a wayfaring tree and she 'd been cutting it back during the summer and it did n't seem to mind but she 'd be very grateful for any information about the wayfaring tree which presumably she 'd like to keep and continue to grow in her garden . |
| 28 | ‘ But the night before last , when we were in the garden , you knew Didi was here and it did n't seem to bother you overmuch . ’ |
| 29 | Cos when I went to bed I mean , you know I tested it and it did n't seem too bad . |
| 30 | Without taking those concerns seriously — and it did not seem to — the West stood little chance of persuading ( or even bullying ) them rapidly to give their nuclear weapons up . |