Example sentences of "do n't seem to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the Guild 's now you see erm do n't seem to be they 're not , not at all as active , its , its quite honest . |
| 2 | Because Sandy was embarked on a marriage and a career pointing him in a more conventional direction than mine , planning the sort of life that looked to me to have more obviously evolved from the background I 'd put behind me , it did n't seem to me that he would have had the wherewithal — ‘ morally ’ , as I would have been quick to say then — to help me through my predicament or , if he did , that it was possible for me with my values , to solicit his assistance . |
| 3 | Perhaps nothing , but as she waited for money which did n't seem to be coming , it was fairly certain the crash was going to mean something . |
| 4 | She never managed to meet up with Vivienne and , as there did n't seem to be much happening at Dingwalls , we decided to drive down to Brighton , all of us crammed into the back of the Mini van . |
| 5 | They did n't seem to be embarrassed , whereas I used to try and hide everything and felt conscious of myself . ’ |
| 6 | There did n't seem to be anything to do but to close the door , which I did . |
| 7 | She just did n't seem to be able to hang on to men , he thought impatiently , not like his Angie , wherever she was . |
| 8 | And Mr Hawick did n't seem to me the kind of chap who 'd put up with that . ’ |
| 9 | There did n't seem to be any good-time girls left except , maybe , Eleanor . |
| 10 | She did n't seem to be as strong as in her young days , and the socks stopped her catching him with her toenails . |
| 11 | But the films had strange names which did n't seem to Dot to mean anything . |
| 12 | He buried his nose in his glass to avoid meeting her eyes , but she did n't seem to be treating such a revolutionary idea as one of any importance . |
| 13 | Visits to Lille and visits from such important people as the Duke of Gloucester , the C-in-C , Lord Gort , and the Divisional Commander , a little Major-General called Montgomery who did n't seem to be to the liking of the younger officers . |
| 14 | ‘ I was beside myself with fear , and started panicking as she did n't seem to be able to swim . |
| 15 | That was all , there did n't seem to be much to sing for . |
| 16 | ‘ He did n't seem to be too happy to be here , that 's all , ’ he said . |
| 17 | Perhaps it was just as well that there did n't seem to be any extra business around tonight . |
| 18 | She did n't want to fight with her mother all the time , but there did n't seem to be any alternative . |
| 19 | The pictures however did n't seem to be of artistes of any kind ; they were just of anonymous , handsome young men , the sort of photographs that Boy had seen in barber 's windows showing the kinds of haircut you could get . |
| 20 | They did n't seem to be very bothered about issues other than what was going on in the village itself . |
| 21 | The chief problem with thallium was that it did n't seem to be used for anything much apart from the manufacture of optical lenses of a high refractive index — camera lenses , for example . |
| 22 | I knew there was nothing I could do but that did n't seem to be the point . |
| 23 | Here we were , approaching the sixth wartime Christmas and still the end did n't seem to be in sight . |
| 24 | I 'd heard all about Group from Rosemary and it did n't seem to be my sort of place . |
| 25 | There did n't seem to be anything else to do . |
| 26 | It did n't seem to me the way to behave towards someone with whom you had shared a good many midnight hours , swopping confidences and generally letting your hair down , not to mention the many other evenings when we had had such fun with Henry and Jimmy , and I felt rather aggrieved at being treated this way . |
| 27 | But there did n't seem to be any more around after the war was over . |
| 28 | She did n't seem to be carrying anything . |
| 29 | There did n't seem to be one . |
| 30 | She did n't seem to be around . |