Example sentences of "do n't seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the Guild 's now you see erm do n't seem to be they 're not , not at all as active , its , its quite honest . |
| 2 | Because Sandy was embarked on a marriage and a career pointing him in a more conventional direction than mine , planning the sort of life that looked to me to have more obviously evolved from the background I 'd put behind me , it did n't seem to me that he would have had the wherewithal — ‘ morally ’ , as I would have been quick to say then — to help me through my predicament or , if he did , that it was possible for me with my values , to solicit his assistance . |
| 3 | STUDYING the West Coast of Scotland from the yacht Britannia , the Queen is said to have remarked , not long ago , that the people there did n't seem to have much of a life . |
| 4 | The trouble was , Mrs Phipps did n't seem to need sympathy . |
| 5 | I said , ‘ that should ruffle a few feathers , ’ but she did n't seem the least impressed . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 7 | Perhaps nothing , but as she waited for money which did n't seem to be coming , it was fairly certain the crash was going to mean something . |
| 8 | ‘ The priest did n't seem terribly concerned , being a pragmatic man . |
| 9 | ‘ At first I was dazzled , and covered my eyes , and there did n't seem the smallest change ; the roar of the Strand and the roar of the reef were like the same : hark to it now , and you can near the cabs and buses rolling and the streets resound . ’ |
| 10 | She never managed to meet up with Vivienne and , as there did n't seem to be much happening at Dingwalls , we decided to drive down to Brighton , all of us crammed into the back of the Mini van . |
| 11 | ‘ The English did n't seem to know right what they were doing . |
| 12 | They did n't seem to be embarrassed , whereas I used to try and hide everything and felt conscious of myself . ’ |
| 13 | An advertising campaign that went on about the law of averages did n't seem to help when much of the press criticism rounded on the Escort as exactly a car for Mr Average . |
| 14 | The only trouble was that , unlike most babies , Joanna did n't seem to enjoy being bounced and cuddled . |
| 15 | She did n't seem or look very intelligent , but she must be . |
| 16 | ‘ It did n't seem to rise to the occasion . |
| 17 | The rather tacky set , the lucklustre performances , the script from David Straun and Heather Williams that lurches from trite audience participation to over-the-head jokes ( would any primary-school child get the one about water privatisation ? ) , all did n't seem to matter as the company of four scampered around with their well-intentioned tale of how the white man destroyed the American Indians . |
| 18 | There did n't seem to be anything to do but to close the door , which I did . |
| 19 | She just did n't seem to be able to hang on to men , he thought impatiently , not like his Angie , wherever she was . |
| 20 | But they did n't seem to last very long . |
| 21 | And Mr Hawick did n't seem to me the kind of chap who 'd put up with that . ’ |
| 22 | He did n't seem angry with Philip for having hit him . |
| 23 | But she did n't seem to have heard . |
| 24 | She did n't seem very bothered . |
| 25 | The trouble was she did n't seem to care tuppence . |
| 26 | Not giving Gina housekeeping did n't seem to solve Nigel 's financial problems . |
| 27 | He did n't seem to have the comforts of other men . |
| 28 | He had found in school that he did n't seem to have the knack of making himself come . |
| 29 | There did n't seem to be any good-time girls left except , maybe , Eleanor . |
| 30 | She did n't seem to be as strong as in her young days , and the socks stopped her catching him with her toenails . |