Example sentences of "[noun sg] did [adv] seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hewart had held both Law Officer positions in the post-war Liberal Government ( although it should be said that his arguments in The New Despotism did not seem to trouble him much in that capacity ) and Marriott , an Oxford academic , also become a prominent Conservative MP . |
| 2 | For the benefit of Mr. Ian Aitken and The Guardian , and others , our objection was not to the social charter which was , of course , not even under discussion at Maastricht — although the Leader of the Opposition did not seem to know that . |
| 3 | Now , ’ he waved a fork at me , ‘ if the guy was spending more money than Bonanza expected and Bonanza did n't seem to mind what 's the obvious thing ? ’ |
| 4 | She was still shivering and her head felt muzzy , but now she was lying down the boat did n't seem to be doing quite so much heaving and rolling . |
| 5 | By contrast the single malignant polyp identified as expressing a mutant type p53 protein did not seem to contain a mutation at codon 12 of the K-ras gene , although obviously we can not current exclude the presence of codon 13 or 61 mutations . |
| 6 | Light did not seem to do this and so , according to Newton and many others , must be made of particles ( because two light particles could never add up to give zero , or darkness ) . |
| 7 | This last headline did not seem fully to express the collective view of the Shadow Cabinet and the next instalments of the Meacher plans for social security never appeared — much to our disappointment . |
| 8 | Normally he would have had little patience with the attitudes of the Fromes , but the morning after such a bereavement did n't seem the time to argue the social or political toss with them . |
| 9 | The action did n't seem to stop the room from spinning . |
| 10 | But the superintendent did not seem surprised . |
| 11 | The irony did not seem to strike him . |
| 12 | ‘ What I have in mind did n't seem to affect you that way last night , ’ he remarked . |
| 13 | But some of the data shown by the monitor did n't seem to make too much sense . |
| 14 | His buddy did n't seem too concerned about that and reached down for the big gun . |
| 15 | ‘ The priest did n't seem terribly concerned , being a pragmatic man . |
| 16 | I was disappointed that the valve did n't seem to play as big a part in the sound as I was hoping , so maybe Hughes & Kettner should look at giving this part of the Attax a tweak or two . |
| 17 | The hon. Lady did not seem to realise that the diversification policy of those industries can not be cross-financed from the core businesses — I wish that the hon. Lady would listen , because she might learn something and avoid mistakes in future . |
| 18 | The Radio Leeds commentary was a joint effort between them and R. Suffolk and the Suffolk bloke did n't seem to care a jot about Ipswich . |
| 19 | Once he had got the idea of killing her ( and at first this fantasy did not seem very different from the reveries in which he wept by her open grave , comforted by young , fashionably dressed women ) it took some time to appreciate that this scenario was of quite a different type from the others . |
| 20 | ‘ I think I 'd better say that the Steering Committee did n't seem to believe I saw an inspector . |
| 21 | ‘ The plot did n't seem too plausible , ’ Thiercelin ventured . |
| 22 | A great deal had changed since 1980 , but the general air of enthusiasm that pervades the New Zealand light aviation scene did n't seem to have diminished in the slightest . |
| 23 | On the face of it , this plan of campaign did not seem very innovative . |
| 24 | Coming to that realisation so soon after her panic at drowning did n't seem to worry her as much as it should have done . |
| 25 | But such work did not seem to be forthcoming , and his sole immediate chance of usefulness was to become an air-raid warden for his area of Kensington : in this new role , he had to rehearse the procedure for marshalling people in the event of an air raid , and to practise his fire drill by putting out bonfires in Emperor 's Gate . |
| 26 | The flat cart was none too clean but Granny did n't seem to mind and was only anxious for the horse to be hitched to it . |
| 27 | The one he and Julia had found at the asylum did n't seem to have too much connection with the one Theodora had mentioned she had come across at St Saviour 's . |
| 28 | The sudden illumination did not seem to inhibit Ted , but Jenny found it comforting . |
| 29 | The taxi-driver did not seem keen on going to Wimbledon . |
| 30 | With her here , so close after such an absence , the idea of marriage did n't seem so preposterous . |