Example sentences of "that do not seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wanted to cry and even that did not seem worth the effort . |
| 2 | The shopkeeper who berated the regime for its brylcream policy accepted its definition of him as a capitalist , an entrepreneur : that did not seem justified by any sensible criterion of capitalism . |
| 3 | At first Grainne thought it was that power was stealing over them , and then she thought that it was not power but strength , only that did not seem quite right either . |
| 4 | So one would know one had the right answer only if someone else repeated the calculation and got the same answer , and that did not seem very likely ! |
| 5 | She was determined to defend the discount to that mother , although that did not seem to fit the rest of her contributions in Committee . |
| 6 | I do not know why but that did not seem to register with me at the time , and it did not until there was a third assault on the door . |
| 7 | I knew there was nothing I could do but that did n't seem to be the point . |
| 8 | That did n't seem to present any problems . |
| 9 | If there was a woman in the house she was sloppy , and that did n't seem to go with Archer . |
| 10 | That did n't seem to matter either . |
| 11 | That did n't seem to make any difference to you . |
| 12 | ‘ I can remember when that did n't seem so unlikely , and I thought , well , if anything like that does ever happen , and they 're right and the establishment is wrong , then it would n't do any harm for there to be people like me in the Army who were basically in sympathy with the … movement , whatever . ’ |
| 13 | The music was predominately '60s and '70s pop , but that did n't seem to bother the inimitable Mr Hurst : he was last seen , tie and jacket discarded , dancing to the old Rolling Stones track , ‘ ( I Ca n't Get No ) Satisfaction ’ . |
| 14 | Hell , if I was really lucky he might stop talking to me altogether , I thought … but that did n't seem likely . |
| 15 | If they harmed her there was no way they could get off the train other than jumping and , with it travelling at over ninety-five miles an hour , that did n't seem a very good idea . |
| 16 | The merchants occasionally killed one , but that did n't seem discouragement enough ; there were always new recruits . |
| 17 | That did n't seem to be allowed , somehow . |
| 18 | That did n't seem important . |
| 19 | The odd thing was , that did n't seem to be how it struck McWhirter . |
| 20 | Even when they left , that did n't seem to be the end of it . |
| 21 | He was a tall , red-haired man , according to the descriptions he had one shoulder higher than the other , but that did n't seem to prevent him being attractive to women . |
| 22 | That do n't seem very bright does it ? |
| 23 | I have also had all internal cavities sprayed professionally with nickel screening paint from Maplin , but that does n't seem to have made any odds . |
| 24 | Maybe Woody , Mia and Soon-Yi will announce that the whole business is a publicity stunt for the movie , but somehow that does n't seem likely . |
| 25 | Well no , no I know but I thought well that does n't seem to well that 's better than what they had . |
| 26 | That does n't seem to be so at some stages it is a little difficult getting it over as a as a a retired person talking to someone who is facing redundancy about retirement . |
| 27 | ‘ Friday the eighteenth , at seven o'clock , if that does n't seem too hopeless . |
| 28 | The significance of that does n't seem to have occurred to him . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Mother is a Spiritualist , you know , ’ he said to Ianthe , ‘ and somehow that does n't seem to make our Christmas a particularly jolly one . ’ |
| 30 | That does n't seem too much to ask , does it ? |