Example sentences of "seem too " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he told the story , he did not seem too worried . |
| 2 | LWT needs 75 per cent of its shareholders to approve the scheme , which does not seem too difficult now the plans have been moderated . |
| 3 | She did n't seem too pleased even when Gloria gave her both pots of jam . |
| 4 | Those words may seem too hard for us to take , but God requires Abraham to act them out in the land of Moriah . |
| 5 | I should n't have asked that , Florence Ames thought , he does n't care to be questioned about his mother and it makes me seem too familiar , too prying . |
| 6 | He said he 'd pay , and despatched Kenny Lynch , who did n't seem too pleased with the idea , I must say , to fetch the ice-creams . |
| 7 | Even Mrs Gebler did n't seem too pleased . |
| 8 | ‘ The plot did n't seem too plausible , ’ Thiercelin ventured . |
| 9 | Concerned , however , that these words might make him seem too frivolous , in the simple delight he obviously took in playing with his cat , he checks himself with the criticism that ‘ verily it may well be called an idle man 's pastime ’ . |
| 10 | This example of failure to protest may seem too vast in the context of life in Britain in the 1980s and the many smaller , separate issues which now generate domestic protest . |
| 11 | He did n't seem too concerned . |
| 12 | He was a thin man with a hooked nose and dark stubble on his chin which made it seem too weighty for his cadaverous face . |
| 13 | This may not seem too controversial , but when one of the team leaders is an ex-alcoholic it requires tremendous openness to God to go down a risky and unexpected route ! |
| 14 | Hurling my body through the air in the jumps did n't seem too appealing , nor did attempting to sprint , run or hurdle my way into the record books : but how about throwing something ? |
| 15 | Although the self-titled first album contained corkers like Christine and Man To Child , Chadwick does n't seem too happy about it these days . |
| 16 | Hopefully the contemporary ‘ digital ’ look wo n't seem too dated a concept in the near future , unlike James Bond film sets or talking MG Maestros … |
| 17 | His very intelligent scrutiny of a role can make him seem too detached , too much the performer of a plan . ’ |
| 18 | He said : ‘ When I told the nurses , they did n't seem too surprised and it was as if such a mix-up was not uncommon . |
| 19 | It may seem too much like confinement , a denial of individual enterprise and the constraining of intuition into patterns of conformity . |
| 20 | The report to the DTI was due to be published shortly anyway , so , on the face of it , its premature appearance may not seem too important . |
| 21 | These deeply cut ravines might not seem too demanding , but some of them give unusual approaches to the high moorland plateaux , passing through impressive rock scenery which can offer the simple joys of scrambling , often above deep pools linked by cascades and waterfalls . |
| 22 | It might seem too easy to him just to slip away into the fantasy world of death . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ It did n't seem too threatening but it was still hot . ’ |
| 24 | It did n't seem too distressed by life in the aviary with the other birds , although I imagine it was all a bit of a come-down for this once proud and merciless hunter of the skies . |
| 25 | A seamless , patient record , it does seem too precious at times . |
| 26 | Because as I ask him some question about women , wine or wit Dudley Moore is busy chewing his nails until they might well bleed , it does n't seem too rude to mention the ends of his fingertips . |
| 27 | Not only that perhaps — I must be careful not to make everything seem too connected — but social and literary life was metamorphosing . |
| 28 | His solution is plausible , and essentially traditional — a suite of seven tiny movements which as serious concert music might just seem too relentlessly pleasant , but which as a Glyndebourne musical appetizer would no doubt blend very agreeably with garden scents , summer evening breezes and pre-performance small-talk . |
| 29 | If we accept calmly and scientifically that stone in the form of silicone chips can accept messages and retain them , then it does n't seem too impossible to me that the stones of buildings can absorb strong emotions such as fear and terror or the positive feelings of worship and devotion . |
| 30 | ‘ She did n't seem too keen , ’ he said . |