Example sentences of "[vb -s] n't seem [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that they can see how counterproductive it is not only does n't seem to stop them , it makes matters worse . |
| 2 | Or her , ’ she would add scrupulously , being among other things a feminist ) , but in practice this does n't seem to affect her behaviour very noticeably — she seems to have ordinary human feelings , ambitions , desires , to suffer anxieties , frustrations , fears , like anyone else in this imperfect world , and to have a natural inclination to try and make it a better place . |
| 3 | Many rabbits become heavily infested with tapeworms , which can grow to a length of several feet , but this , surprisingly , does n't seem to affect their general condition . |
| 4 | ‘ Mind you , ’ Bella continued , ‘ she does n't seem to like you , so she must have her head screwed on right ! ’ |
| 5 | The majority of memory resident offerings are well house trained but some software does n't seem to like having its operations suspended without due notice . |
| 6 | He sips suspiciously at his Guinness , and does n't seem to like it . |
| 7 | The Doctor , Bernice thought , does n't seem to realize just how weird and dangerous these people are . |
| 8 | He does n't seem to realize = ’ Her sentence hung as she looked back down the room to where Oliver and Linda were standing alone . |
| 9 | Oh yeah I got all your bits then , he has n't had hardly had anything to drink again today he does n't seem to drink , he eats all his food , oh he ate that pudding no problem |
| 10 | With Palin this does n't seem to hold . |
| 11 | She does n't seem to put anything away . |
| 12 | It does n't seem to put off others as the night I visited , the place was heaving . |
| 13 | he does n't seem to put on any weight mind |
| 14 | ‘ Somehow when the plumbing bursts , it does n't seem to matter as much any more . |
| 15 | But he 's so confident on the greens that the rest of his game does n't seem to matter and , of course , as Willie Park said , ‘ the man who can putt … ’ ‘ |
| 16 | display quite appalling ignorance of other parts of the subject — it does n't seem to matter too much to the arts faculty or the historians , that you concentrate on something here and know nothing about important things elsewhere . |
| 17 | ‘ It does n't seem to matter now , ’ said Scarlet . |
| 18 | ‘ A day does n't seem to matter much , ’ observed Rose . |
| 19 | ‘ It does n't seem to matter , though , does it ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ It does n't seem to matter , though . |
| 21 | Sometimes it terrifies me because he 's not really mine and sometimes it does n't seem to matter . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It does n't seem to matter what I eat . |
| 23 | At Stoke Mandeville neither he nor his physiotherapist , Matthew speak much English , but it does n't seem to matter |
| 24 | Sue Adams of Greenpeace said : ‘ The NRA does have adequate powers to prosecute , but it does n't seem to use them often enough . ’ |
| 25 | The frets are quite thin as well and it does n't seem to go out of tune that much . |
| 26 | Well mine does n't seem to go through the . |
| 27 | In any case , she does n't seem to go about much . |
| 28 | ‘ I do , very much , ’ Ianthe admitted , ‘ but somehow it does n't seem to go with work . |
| 29 | I always forget — it just does n't seem to go with her , having a kid . ’ |
| 30 | To light it at arms length and then to stand well away while it fires and never return to a firework if it does n't seem to go off . |