Example sentences of "seem get the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This ‘ compensation ’ method of walking may seem to get the patient on his feet more quickly than the modern method , but it leaves him overusing his unaffected side , therefore he is constantly increasing and fighting against his spasticity . |
| 2 | ‘ They do n't seem to get the clothes clean — you have to boil them when you get back . ’ |
| 3 | We do n't seem to get the supervision quite right , we either over do it or under do it . |
| 4 | You ca n't sleep you 're actually providing your own sleep deprivation and you say hey , next thing you know I really will be falling down the stairs ! but he does n't seem to get the joke and then it 's back to the cell and then the interview room with the barred , opaqued windows so you ca n't see out and they switch on the tape-machine recording everything as usual and it 's getting more bizarre ; they get me to do a Michael Caine voice ! |
| 5 | ‘ Since I 've had a sit-down job I ca n't seem to get the weight off , ’ says Nicholle , a publishers ' assistant from Bristol . |
| 6 | I ca n't seem to get the lighting right — some plants are browning on the lower level — others are going brown all over . |