Example sentences of "does n't seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eighty years does n't seem a very long time when you consider the art of acting has been prospering in Europe over the last four hundred or so years , quite apart from the great traditions of ancient Greek drama . |
| 2 | Ophelia is often ignored for audition material simply because she does n't seem to have much in the way of a sustained speech until she goes mad . |
| 3 | Strange how certain areas seem to call out to me , wrote Harsnet , and working on them does n't seem like work at all , more like simply breathing . |
| 4 | I 've explained that it 's the King 's personal property until safely delivered to the addressee , but he does n't seem to understand . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ There just does n't seem to be an end to it , ’ she said . |
| 6 | He plays with the quintet in a quite different sense from that in which they play at revolutionary politics ; though , bemused by him , set at odds , their purposes deflected and their fantasies fed and coaxed along , it does n't seem like playing to them . |
| 7 | What Pound did to English literature and British sensibilities does n't seem forgivable , and I really think that the English were more offended by Pound 's political obsessions than were the countrymen he ostensibly betrayed . |
| 8 | When Schniedau says , ‘ What Pound did to English literature and British sensibilities does n't seem forgivable ’ , he doubtless has in mind certain passages from How to Read , which was originally addressed to the American readers of the New York Herald Tribune Books on 13 , 20 , and 27 January 1929. for instance : |
| 9 | Clearly , he has some sort of affinity with the part of King Henry , but it does n't seem an actorly affinity . |
| 10 | A party spokeswoman , Lourdes Ortiz , remarked : ‘ It does n't seem possible , but the workers may vote again for the Socialist machine . ’ |
| 11 | But it does n't seem to be an acceptable idea that something like burglary or a street crime can cause quite severe emotional disturbance . ’ |
| 12 | A middle-aged woman from St Helens said : ‘ Mr Lawson does n't seem to bother trying to get it across , but then most Chancellors are like that . |
| 13 | Critics seem to have it the other way round , so there 's a lot of stuff talked about me using different styles , but there does n't seem to be much said about whether it works , or whether it 's done with taste , or whether the end result is worth having . |
| 14 | John Smith , the shadow Chancellor , said last night : ‘ What he does n't seem to realise is that interest rates mean that it will be much harder for industry to get on its feet to help us overcome the balance of payments deficit . |
| 15 | Rob Bettinson , the director , has deduced that he ought to have these images plus disc-jockeys , radio commercials , midwestern hops , but he does n't seem to know why . |
| 16 | Macmillan said to Ramsey , ‘ Fisher does n't seem to approve of you . ’ |
| 17 | It does n't seem the slightest use having leadership if you 're leading in the wrong direction . |
| 18 | MAUREEN ( trying the B set which emits a series of siren-like whoops and then a muffled jazz band ) : It does n't seem particularly easy to get ANY station on the B. |
| 19 | ‘ Or is it that it does n't seem long ? he continued bitterly , knowing the futility of carping , but being unable to stop it . |
| 20 | She knows all about me being bonkers and everything and does n't seem to mind . |
| 21 | ‘ And yet one sincerely wishes them well , but there just does n't seem anything to say . |
| 22 | The company 's head of production , Walter Mycroft , had been a founding member of the Film Society , but he does n't seem to have had very much interest in nurturing talent . |
| 23 | I use lipsalve but it does n't seem to work . |
| 24 | It does n't seem quite right for a game where , for the first time , you meet intelligent alien life forms , and kill them . |
| 25 | They also agree that a debate does n't seem to be taking place . |
| 26 | The idea of a resort in Britain does n't seem natural . ’ |
| 27 | It just does n't seem particularly logical or rational to me , that you live and strive for a while , then die . |
| 28 | ‘ Jeanette ’ ( Jane had noticed a photograph of a very pretty girl on their unplayed piano ) ‘ does n't seem to want to do anything beyond getting married . |
| 29 | ‘ Mind you , ’ Bella continued , ‘ she does n't seem to like you , so she must have her head screwed on right ! ’ |
| 30 | He does n't seem to be able to master the technique . |