Example sentences of "he [verb] [not/n't] seem able " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike his brothers he did not seem able to get himself together ; wasted his time at university , married very young , came to London , did this job and that ; wrote a book that was noticed but made no money , then another , a jaunty and irreverent account of a journalist 's career in the provinces . |
| 2 | At the beginning I found it hard work because he did not seem able to concentrate . |
| 3 | He did not seem able to deal with anyone who wished to work from understanding , or able to think for himself . |
| 4 | ‘ He did n't seem able to accept help . ’ |
| 5 | He did n't seem able to agree with this version of his people 's history . |
| 6 | But he does n't seem able to stay away . |