Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do seem to recall something about you offering to help me with the party preparations . |
| 2 | I do seem to have the most extraordinary effect on people . |
| 3 | I do seem to be accepted as part of the regular television establishment . |
| 4 | I do seem to remember the name . |
| 5 | ‘ Makes what I do seem dull , ’ he said . |
| 6 | Although I do seem to remember a little scene after you 'd carelessly cut your hand at the fountain , when I mentioned a few more personal attributes that were to my liking . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll admit that — er — I do seem to need to get a few minor items in my life sorted out , ’ Laura told her friend nonchalantly . |
| 8 | Although to someone of your tender years I suppose I do seem quite old and decrepit . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I do seem to have come quite a long way . ’ |
| 10 | As I say , I ca n't remember anything , but I 'm told that I did seem to enjoy annoying Old Saul , the bandy-legged and ancient white bulldog my father kept — I 'm told — because it was so ugly and it did n't like women . |
| 11 | Well , well we see that 's , that 's why and , and I did seem to go about , I do n't |
| 12 | ‘ You do seem to have an eye for essentials . ’ |
| 13 | You do seem to be fortunate in going to Sandgate . |
| 14 | ‘ You do seem very thin , Jill , judging from what you say in your letter . |
| 15 | And some of the things you do seem to me to be inefficient , and consequently rather a waste of energy . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , you do seem to be remarkably interested in my love life . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You do seem more … cheerful . ’ |
| 18 | If you do seem to be walking around a lot during meal preparations try to count the number of times you walk to various work areas and even the number of steps you take . |
| 19 | I just happened to know that Geoffrey was keen to meet you again , and you do seem to be at a loose end at the moment . |
| 20 | You do seem to have a propensity for rubbing people up the wrong way . ’ |
| 21 | You do seem to enjoy watching nude bathers , so do n't you think it would be much better for everyone involved if you went somewhere where they did n't mind being watched ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You do seem to have an infection , Mr Kennedy . |
| 23 | She did seem to meet quite a number of people on her walks ; people whom I knew a little , so that fragments of conversation pursued me . |
| 24 | Another reason for suspecting the masked lady was Ada is that she did seem to disappear , from at least public view , about that time . |
| 25 | She did seem better now ; her cheeks were pink , though patchily , and her eyes looked clear . |
| 26 | However she did seem to get better , and no one could have been happier than my master , when he saw her sitting up in bed for the first time , and beginning to take an interest in the people and things around her . |
| 27 | She 'd rather be seen as hopelessly naïve , and she voiced her feelings , suddenly not caring if she did seem that way . |
| 28 | She does seem to be heavier than she was when she lived at home , and she has dyed her hair blonde recently . |
| 29 | I 'd hesitate to give much weight to her story in the normal run because she does seem to have a screw loose , but it ties in so well with Norman Pinder 's recollections , and they are totally independent witnesses . ’ |
| 30 | Kristeva 's model is not intended either as a concise account of feminism 's recent history nor as an orderly , linear chronology for feminists to follow ( though she does seem to think that each of her stages represents an improvement over the one before ) . |