Example sentences of "seem [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The scene does not seem right for a 1987 style crash , but the more cautious will be dusting off the chartist 's recommendations to see which shares can still be sold . ’ |
| 2 | It does not seem right if all of them succeed . |
| 3 | The moment would come , quite soon perhaps , perhaps in the evening when they would turn aside into some thicket , light a fire , and prepare a meal , when it would seem right and natural to look this mystery in the face . |
| 4 | Now that bands like Extreme and Mr Big have had chart successes with songs featuring acoustic instruments the time would seem right for many players to make a first serious foray into the subtler side of rock . |
| 5 | It does n't seem right on the phone ( … must dash , oh , by the way , I 'm dying ) . |
| 6 | It did n't seem right , somehow . |
| 7 | Somehow it does n't seem right to count your calories during the week and then suddenly explode into an orgy of indiscriminate gorging when guests come and you are supposed to be the one in control . |
| 8 | It did n't seem right that Ray Doyle might never again come staggering out of the untidy bedroom , curly hair looking a totally dishevelled mess , eyes bleary , to find Bodie sprawled on the settee , bright and cheery and grinning . |
| 9 | Does that seem right to you ? |
| 10 | ‘ The other song was really slammin' for the dancefloor but it 's a love song and it just did n't seem right . |
| 11 | ‘ But it does n't seem right , Darren , to leave them . |
| 12 | It does n't seem right . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , it do n't seem right , me takin' your bed . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ It do n't seem right , though , askin' for things when you 've been such a kind bloke to me , and doctored me as well . ’ |
| 15 | " It just does n't seem right . " |
| 16 | He 's done nothing wrong , nothing , and it does n't seem right somehow . |
| 17 | Leaving out poor and working people does n't seem right . |
| 18 | It just does n't seem right that you 're not here … ’ |
| 19 | just does n't seem right ! |
| 20 | Do n't seem right . ’ |
| 21 | And Mrs Files has it , it does n't seem right , the place being taken from you . |
| 22 | It does n't seem right does it ? |
| 23 | ‘ It does n't seem right , ’ said Caspar , half to himself . |
| 24 | There 's just something that does n't seem right about it . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ But it does n't seem right for them to drive about like that , ’ said Sister Dew . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've been dead worried about you , it did n't seem right you not having a fella and liking children and all . |
| 27 | ‘ It did n't seem right — in the circumstances . ’ |
| 28 | I do n't know , Dolly , it still do n't seem right . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Besides , it does n't seem right , ’ said Dorcas . |
| 30 | He just does n't seem right . |