Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [adv] seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though I still argued at parties , defending Sir Stafford Cripps and the Labour Government , no one I met now seemed to be interested : they listened to my opinions because I was pretty , their eyes on the cleavage of my dress . |
| 2 | I put my chin up and tried to stiffen my upper lip , but found I did n't seem to have any muscles in it . |
| 3 | I did n't seem to have an ounce of grown-up character to draw on . |
| 4 | ‘ And I did n't seem to be doing much that was any use . |
| 5 | I did n't seem to be able to move my legs properly . |
| 6 | No I did n't seem them , might , might of been there I never noticed them |
| 7 | The water smelled dankly of mud and winter , which I had n't seemed to notice when I 'd been in it . |
| 8 | Why was it she 'd never seemed to bore him ? |
| 9 | She 'd always seemed so self-contained , so self-sufficient . |
| 10 | There seemed to be a veritable army of helpers needed to open up the big downstairs rooms , and wherever she went there seemed yet another one poised to ask her a question she was unable to answer . |
| 11 | I carried on at the same point in the book and you did not seem to notice . |
| 12 | ‘ Surprisingly enough , you did not seem to remember . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You did n't seem very surprised , ’ he said , ‘ when I told him about the note . ’ |
| 14 | I 'm sorry I have n't written since then , but I 've felt very confused about some things that happened with us and you did n't seem to want to say any more . |
| 15 | It 's an age when we feel but do n't think yet , but you did n't seem to have learnt a thing about either yourself or Jones in the whole of the six years since I saw you last . ’ |
| 16 | You did n't seem that scared of her . |
| 17 | ‘ You did n't seem yourself and you fell awkwardly ; I thought it might be overlooked . ’ |
| 18 | You did n't seem very keen to meet them . ’ |
| 19 | You did n't seem to have very much luck with these last two did you ? |
| 20 | erm and I think maybe that you , you jumped in should n't have done that er because obviously M Martin got quite defensive at that point you know because you were only going there to do this financial planning service and er selling them anything , you were just offering this financial planning service and then you jumped in with these , when I come back with my recommendations erm tt I also thought that erm you know it was a little bit dodgy actually to say you , well you know erm tt we have found that our records are incorrect and I thought well then that maybe and erm you went ve you went very o when you were talking about the dependants erm you , you you did n't seem to get into er erm how many children have you got and is there any other dependants , it , you , it seemed to take you a long time to actually get there . |
| 21 | ‘ You did n't seem to be complaining at the time . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You did n't seem to mind just now ! ’ |
| 23 | You did n't seem too bad this morning . |
| 24 | Well you did n't seem to be enjoying yourself sitting out there like . |
| 25 | You did n't seem to like it very much before . |
| 26 | Fourth , and you did n't , I mean you did n't seem to have a lot to pick from . |
| 27 | You did n't seem to copy anybody , er |
| 28 | You did n't seem like you knew her when you saw her |
| 29 | She did not seem to mind and she was inordinately careful . |
| 30 | Her house was always freezing cold in winter , although she did not seem to notice it . |