Example sentences of "[adv] do [adv] seem [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slim women — or those who have successfully been on a diet — often feel deeply disheartened by the fact that diet and exercise alone do not seem to improve these problem areas . |
| 2 | Th What 's happened is that this spelling , th this reversal of spelling has occurred in English , as some of you obviously do n't seem to know and your modern English versions you speak used it . |
| 3 | ‘ These pointless deaths just do not seem to stop . ’ |
| 4 | But er they just do n't seem to employ the boys |
| 5 | They just do n't seem to happen . |
| 6 | When I explain what has caused offence , they just do n't seem to see the problem . ’ |
| 7 | He made an attempt on Crilly 's life with a pocket knife once ; but now they speak amicably to one another , they just do n't seem to remember . |
| 8 | As we have already seen , physics students made very strong ( hierarchical ) distinctions between physics and chemistry , and between physics and other disciplines — and even between subdivisions in the department itself ; one final-year student noted in B that ‘ on the top floor , one half is theoretical physics , one is experimental physics and they just do n't seem to mix ’ . |
| 9 | But just do n't seem to have the time or even the energy ? |
| 10 | Erm even tapestries like the Devonshire hunting tapestry which you may have seen at the V and A. Er the tops look as if they 're been eaten by mice because they 're been so often snagged onto tenterhooks and moved and moved round and onto other tenterhooks , they just do n't seem to have had the same view of this kind of thing as we do . |
| 11 | But that was another thing nowadays they , they just do n't seem to bother at all if the mother gets torn , now in those days it was a terrible disgrace to g to er if you had a , had a delivery and the mother was torn . |
| 12 | But nowadays they just do n't seem to bother at all . |
| 13 | ‘ Hirst is not for sale at any price but they just do n't seem to want to accept that . |
| 14 | ‘ I was a big baby — I 'm obviously meant to be this size ’ , ‘ all my family are big ’ , ‘ I 've tried every diet , they just do n't seem to work for me ’ , ‘ I only have to look at a cream cake and I gain 2lbs ( 0.9kg ) ! ’ |
| 15 | Even on the richest land drought is damaging , but in a garden with sharp-draining soil — especially on a hot , south-facing site — it can create a positive dust bowl , a place where plants just do n't seem to survive . |
| 16 | They just do n't seem to care . |
| 17 | You see what happens here , people just do n't seem to care . |
| 18 | A lot of the others like McWhirter just do n't seem to care . |
| 19 | ‘ They just do n't seem to understand , even though I tell them it 's a lot of fun . ’ |
| 20 | The kids just do n't seem to know the difference between movies and and what 's real . |
| 21 | The civilians and dockworkers were staring at me , the Commandos coming ashore do n't seem to notice my piping . |
| 22 | It 's just a shame they still do n't seem to want to take any real risks because as things now stand , they 're still guilty of merely coasting . |
| 23 | All this has profoundly affected those who teach RE in both primary and secondary schools , some of whom really do not seem to know what the subject is about . |
| 24 | I wonder if in ten years ' time Mr. Duggan will be looking back at videos of ‘ England 's glory years ’ and then be writing to RW&P to remind us of the lock forward who elbowed his opposite number from behind , perforating his eardrum , or the flankers who really do n't seem to mind where their feet or hands come into contact with their opponents . |
| 25 | They really do n't seem to want to have that part closed off but that part along by the river and that seemed to be almost entirely er satisfactory to everybody and er Chairman fenced off one or two other people quite well . |
| 26 | Now the people I 've heard speaking so far do n't seem to think so . |
| 27 | And Bassett claimed : ‘ Brian 's union role is clearly a cross he has to bear because some managers simply do n't seem to want the PFA chairman on their books . |
| 28 | But I have been quite fascinated to see that the youngsters today do not seem to have the same interest in reading the paper . |