Example sentences of "it does n't seem " in BNC.

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1 But of course we were very strongly against it really but er , because th you know we 'd been inundated with all these marvellous ideas of this progress and it 's all for the best and everything , but it does n't seemed to have work does it really ?
2 He plays with the quintet in a quite different sense from that in which they play at revolutionary politics ; though , bemused by him , set at odds , their purposes deflected and their fantasies fed and coaxed along , it does n't seem like playing to them .
3 Clearly , he has some sort of affinity with the part of King Henry , but it does n't seem an actorly affinity .
4 A party spokeswoman , Lourdes Ortiz , remarked : ‘ It does n't seem possible , but the workers may vote again for the Socialist machine . ’
5 But it does n't seem to be an acceptable idea that something like burglary or a street crime can cause quite severe emotional disturbance . ’
6 It does n't seem the slightest use having leadership if you 're leading in the wrong direction .
7 MAUREEN ( trying the B set which emits a series of siren-like whoops and then a muffled jazz band ) : It does n't seem particularly easy to get ANY station on the B.
8 ‘ Or is it that it does n't seem long ? he continued bitterly , knowing the futility of carping , but being unable to stop it .
9 I use lipsalve but it does n't seem to work .
10 It does n't seem quite right for a game where , for the first time , you meet intelligent alien life forms , and kill them .
11 It does n't seem to occur to anyone that all these people going on about UFOs and the general hilarity they cause would be quite a good disguise for the government if it did want to cover up weapons testing . ’
12 I though it was scab , and followed a spraying treatment for that , but it does n't seem to have solved the problem yet .
13 It does n't seem relevant to describe those times ; but also , as the named author of this book , I am aware that a certain decorum is required .
14 Somehow it does n't seem respectful .
15 I think it 's going to be usable ; it does n't seem to have dried out . ’
16 ‘ This house , ’ said Anne , ‘ it does n't seem to make sense .
17 ‘ Unless there 's a big human story wrapped up in it — like the heart transplant bit — it does n't seem to have the interest it might . ’
18 It does n't seem like it if you consider some of the most recent press reports : endless bickering about which London group will bid for the Olympics in the year 2000 ; the decision for the 1992 Games not to allow the slower marathoners to finish in the stadium because they will interfere with the closing ceremony ; Charlie Francis 's cynical opinion that most of the world 's top athletes are on drugs .
19 It does n't seem out of place because of the whiteness of the stonework , so brilliant in the sun it could be spun sugar .
20 It does n't seem fair for us to lose all the time because of Sarah , Tawny . ’
21 Of course it may be that she returned here with the deceased last night and he went out again on his own , but it does n't seem likely . ’
22 Then again , stretch the list of failures over four years and it does n't seem that long at all .
23 It does n't seem any the worse for the lack of attention .
24 It does n't seem quite your … ’
25 But it does n't seem possible , ’ she said , feeling dazed .
26 It does n't seem natural to me , ’ the thin man objected .
27 But it does n't seem like that to them at the time .
28 It does n't seem the same since the sponsorship deal ’
29 It does n't seem to be affected by the power . ’
30 But it does n't seem to occur to them to contact me when something interesting is happening !
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