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

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1 I 've explained that it 's the King 's personal property until safely delivered to the addressee , but he does n't seem to understand . ’
2 John Smith , the shadow Chancellor , said last night : ‘ What he does n't seem to realise is that interest rates mean that it will be much harder for industry to get on its feet to help us overcome the balance of payments deficit .
3 Rob Bettinson , the director , has deduced that he ought to have these images plus disc-jockeys , radio commercials , midwestern hops , but he does n't seem to know why .
4 The company 's head of production , Walter Mycroft , had been a founding member of the Film Society , but he does n't seem to have had very much interest in nurturing talent .
5 He does n't seem to be able to master the technique .
6 ‘ To be fair , he does n't seem to have much power .
7 ‘ We try to give him a little less tranquilliser each time , so that he might gradually get over it , but he does n't seem to get any better .
8 I know he dances quite well , and his clothes are all right ; but he does n't seem to have read anything worth reading … ’
9 ‘ She looks as if she 's asleep and he does n't seem to be having much fun either . ’
10 But as far as we can tell he does n't seem to have any brain damage . ’
11 But he does n't seem able to stay away .
12 He does n't seem to have expressed a wish for a studio — that would have been to declare himself too soon , to stretch his confidence too far .
13 Parent : ‘ Well , he does n't seem to know how to behave properly . ’
14 He does n't seem to enjoy spending hours in a horsebox . ’
15 He does n't seem to be embarrassed by anything , except when you try to provoke him by telling him that surely he must thump his desk once in a while , or that although he says that a record company exists ‘ to guide your artists ’ most of them must hate him at some point .
16 He does n't seem particularly bothered either way .
17 ‘ Except he does n't seem to be in any sort of world .
18 He does n't seem to be writing . ’
19 You ca n't sleep you 're actually providing your own sleep deprivation and you say hey , next thing you know I really will be falling down the stairs ! but he does n't seem to get the joke and then it 's back to the cell and then the interview room with the barred , opaqued windows so you ca n't see out and they switch on the tape-machine recording everything as usual and it 's getting more bizarre ; they get me to do a Michael Caine voice !
20 He does n't seem to be breathing .
21 He does n't seem to say much .
22 When I first met Alfred I did n't like him very much , because of his hair and his clothes and the fact that he did n't have a steady job , but now I 've got to know him he does n't seem too bad .
23 One occasionally comes across a man who is almost a recluse and one wonders how he manages to make a living for he does n't seem very interested in doing so .
24 ‘ Well , he does n't seem to have learnt much from it , does he ? ’ chuckled Dexter .
25 I 've been meaning to do it , he does n't seem to have the will , and it 's more my job , I think .
26 He does n't seem a very popular person , ’ said the inspector .
27 He does n't seem a very popular person . ’
28 He does n't seem to know anything , ’ she told them .
29 He does n't seem to have been well-liked . ’
30 He does n't seem to realize = ’ Her sentence hung as she looked back down the room to where Oliver and Linda were standing alone .
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