Example sentences of "it do [adv] seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've been together now for 18 years and it do n't seem a day too long , but I can see there does come a time when it 's good for mother and child to view one another from a distance . |
| 2 | ‘ It do n't seem like it 's even begun . ’ |
| 3 | But it do n't seem no different being at war really , do it ? |
| 4 | THEY 'VE been together now for 25 years … and it do n't seem a day too much . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , it do n't seem right , me takin' your bed . ’ |
| 6 | An dose who hav it do n't seem to care a damn , |
| 7 | It do n't seem to be any good at all , whatsoever . |
| 8 | Well it do n't seem a lot of point in wasting petrol to come |
| 9 | I do n't know , it do n't seem to react to that , that 's a bit , mind you there again there 's only going to be that there is n't it ? |
| 10 | It did not seem to occur to him that Ramsey had been only eighteen months in an important job for which he was perfectly fitted . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's all right , ’ although , as she looked through the crack it did not seem all right at all ; in fact it seemed all wrong . |
| 12 | The practice does take place in the Church of Ireland , though as it happened , it did not seem to have come Lewis 's way at St Mark 's , Dundela . |
| 13 | The TV playback showed that Southall had held the ball for 13 seconds , although it did not seem as long at the time . |
| 14 | It did not seem to have much to do with custard . |
| 15 | Tug heard the suspicion in her voice , but it did not seem to worry the girl . |
| 16 | I hardly knew how I was able to face it , either then or at any other time of my life in this mocking world , but I did , though it did not seem to me that I was in any way heroic — just the opposite , in fact . |
| 17 | Every week we went shopping to the town , taking a bus from the bottom of the hill : it did not seem quite safe to leave Aunt Louise and the fire together alone . |
| 18 | At such moments it did not seem better to be dead than Red , neither did it seem plausible that there was a godless conspiracy at work wherever one looked . |
| 19 | It did not seem that I could survive such a volcanic attack from deep within my own system . |
| 20 | It did not seem to be of any consequence , for it made no immediate difference . |
| 21 | They watched television with pleasure , but treated its political messages with much the same scepticism as they did ordinary speeches and broadcasts : it did not seem that television had greater persuasive power to mould Zuwaya minds than other media . |
| 22 | As for the supposedly devastating impact of the John Major Diary in Private Eye , of which I am also a co-author , I can only say that , despite the article 's prediction , it did not seem to stand in the way of a gratifying number of people giving him their enthusiastic support on Thursday — including myself . |
| 23 | It did not seem so cute after a massive explosion ripped apart the pilot plant ( ironically as it was being shut down for the last time ) and killed two of Dequasie 's colleagues . |
| 24 | He admitted having tried cocaine but said it did not seem to do much for him ; cocaine was in ‘ because the chicks dig it sexually ’ . |
| 25 | Somehow — it did not seem diplomatic to enquire too deeply just how — he had missed her at the arranged spot . |
| 26 | For all that , it did not seem to Karelius that things had gone too badly . |
| 27 | I wanted to exclaim like my Servite friend ‘ Glory be to God , ’ but it did not seem quite right . |
| 28 | It did not seem possible . |
| 29 | Furthermore , it did not seem to him right that a specifically Indian movement should be known by an English name . |
| 30 | It did not seem to hit the kids hard but they did not show their feelings . |