Example sentences of "[coord] [noun prp] [verb] not seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the other end of the scale , alternations between the active and the agentless passive studied by Weiner and Labov do not seem to be candidate variables in any sense parallel to the concept of the phonological variable . |
| 2 | The problem for the archbishop was that while the king could now expect the clergy to offer subsidies for the defence of the realm , a campaign in Flanders and Gascony did not seem to be defensive of the realm , nor could the French claims to homage for Gascony be immediately construed as imperilling the kingdom . |
| 3 | Some of the magnates were motivated by personal or local considerations : the northern lords , Wake , Neville and Percy , were concerned at the neglect of the defence of the northern border as Edward 's continental campaigns swallowed up all the available resources ; but Arundel , Warenne and Huntingdon do not seem to have had personal grievances against the king , and their role in the crisis still awaits a satisfactory explanation . |
| 4 | But Jazz did not seem to appreciate the beautiful simplicity of his achievement , and struck out at Nails under the water . |
| 5 | But Horsley did not seem to see things like that , and he had cheered them up mightily with a little speech congratulating them all and insisting ‘ the team ’ must stay together . |
| 6 | But Swainson does not seem to have taken advantage of the ease and freedom which the new technique could afford . |
| 7 | He was teasing her but Benedicta did not seem to mind . |