Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] not seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | The weekend with chums in Chichester did not seem , on the Monday 's showing , to have left Micky Banks much time to look at his lines . |
| 2 | It was in no way intense , and indeed coming from such a figure it could not help but appear a little maternal ; Mrs Hill did not seem to discover anything odd in her own attitude , and would consult Clara 's opinion without any attempts at subterfuge or bravado ; she would defer to Clara 's position in the class by outrageously open remarks such as " Now , Clara , you 're the only girl likely to remember what I said last week " , or " Well , I suppose I 'm wasting my breath on all but Clara Maugham . " |
| 3 | For it must be remembered that Divitiacus does not seem to have been in perfect command either of Greek or of Latin . |
| 4 | Tutilo did not seem to hear her . |
| 5 | But when Fleury breathlessly informed Dr McNab of his diagnosis McNab did not seem to take it very seriously . |
| 6 | Nigel did not seem to mind that his autonomous political activity had been abruptly curtailed . |
| 7 | England did not seem to believe that Spanish-based Tab Ramos could juggle it back from the bye-line and when he did , no-one had picked up the 6ft 1ins Kaiserlauten defender as he powered his header past Chris Woods . |
| 8 | The UDC does not seem to appreciate that most of the derelict land in the area is in private hands and the underdevelopment is not the councils fault , but is actually due to the failure of government enterprise policies to encourage private investors . |
| 9 | Donald did not seem unresponsive to this notion . |
| 10 | At the other end of the scale , alternations between the active and the agentless passive studied by Weiner and Labov do not seem to be candidate variables in any sense parallel to the concept of the phonological variable . |
| 11 | The Hopi did not seem to need any sense of time as a dimension . |
| 12 | Matthew did not seem surprised at her question . |
| 13 | But Swainson does not seem to have taken advantage of the ease and freedom which the new technique could afford . |
| 14 | As the hon. Gentleman knows , our mutual friend Mr. Legras does not seem to take kindly to the breaking of Community law or the treaty . |
| 15 | Nguyen Ai Quoc does not seem to have been prominent in these discussions although he was included in a group photograph with Roy , Tan Malaka , and other Asian delegates including three from Japan . |
| 16 | Martha did not seem to mind Mary 's crossness . |
| 17 | For example , planners in China do not seem aware of the cohort structure their population might have in decades to come if the drastic reductions in fertility introduced in the 1970s are maintained for 20 or 30 years . |
| 18 | That move apart , Motherwell did not seem interested in the match and it was no surprise when the Dons went further ahead in the 36th minute . |
| 19 | In retrospect , the ECSC did not seem superficially to have achieved much in the political direction . |
| 20 | Blanche did not seem to share his ambiguity , flirting with the inspector . |
| 21 | Mr Malik did not seem pleased to see it again . |
| 22 | Mr Malik did not seem anxious that Mafouz should let go of the ball until he was absolutely ready to do so . |
| 23 | Admittedly , the theology of the end of days is vague enough : Daniel does not seem to expect a universal resurrection of the dead . |
| 24 | The hon. Member for Gordon does not seem to understand either that primary legislation would be required or that such primary legislation takes longer than five minutes to be put on the statute book . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , Steilmann does not seem eager to introduce this method of manufacturing into his many other clothes lines . |
| 26 | God did not seem to be listening . |
| 27 | Both rows converge upon St Machar 's Cathedral , and then wander their separate ways through Seaton Park to the River Don , and eventually the Brig o' Balgownie — ; although Johnson does not seem to have walked that far . |
| 28 | Greenock does not seem a very inviting place for the pleasure-seeker at any time ; in rainy weather its attractions are not heightened . |
| 29 | Admittedly , the British Isles had substantial tin deposits , a resource which Egypt does not seem to have possessed . |
| 30 | Tamoxifen did not seem to compromise the effectiveness of HRT . |