Example sentences of "he did [adv] seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he told the story , he did not seem too worried . |
| 2 | Unlike most other musicians , he did not seem to have been impressed by Louis Armstrong 's seminal appearance at the London Palladium in 1932 . |
| 3 | He did not seem the type , yet he passed his course at Achnacarry with flying colours . |
| 4 | In any case , he did not seem to know . |
| 5 | ‘ He did not seem in the slightest upset or nervous . ’ |
| 6 | He did not seem to dine out , there are no bills from wine merchants . ’ |
| 7 | At the hospital Guy 's reflexes were all right , and he did not seem to have any brain damage , so the doctors told his father that he just had concussion . |
| 8 | However , he did not seem to comprehend the possibility that self organisation and compulsion are mutually exclusive . |
| 9 | He did not seem to hear her . |
| 10 | He did not seem to like what he saw . |
| 11 | This meant that despite Meehan 's pardon , the proceedings to some extent would be a retrial of Meehan as well as a trial of Waddell ; and one of its more lunatic aspects was hearing Mr King-Murray as prosecuting counsel , who for two years had strenuously refused to entertain the notion of Meehan 's innocence and Waddell 's guilt , now deploying arguments to show that very thing ( although unlike Griffith-Jones at Ward 's trial , he did not seem to have his heart in it ) ; and conversely to hear Waddell 's counsel echoing the arguments of the prosecutor at Meehan 's trial to demonstrate Meehan 's guilt and Waddell 's innocence . |
| 12 | He did not seem to like it very much either , but he was perfectly good-natured and only jibbed at the dressing up . |
| 13 | He did not seem to know how to play , would not settle down , ran about too much and fought with the other children . |
| 14 | But he did not seem to notice that in the previous paragraph he had just used the same method for boosting the production of Johannes Raven . |
| 15 | But he did not seem to be in any hurry . |
| 16 | Although in September 1939 he did not seem sure whether he would be able to compose any more poetry — it was a time when any kind of " plan " seemed futile — within three or four months he did start work upon another poem . |
| 17 | Unlike his brothers he did not seem able to get himself together ; wasted his time at university , married very young , came to London , did this job and that ; wrote a book that was noticed but made no money , then another , a jaunty and irreverent account of a journalist 's career in the provinces . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , he did not seem aggressive . |
| 19 | He did not seem to hear , so I left him bending over his leg and filing away at his iron chain like a madman . |
| 20 | Because he did not seem to understand , I added , ‘ We use them as money , to pay for things , you see . ’ |
| 21 | He did not seem to like what he saw . |
| 22 | Jotan 's tunic was hanging in tatters , but he did not seem to be badly injured . |
| 23 | He did not seem perturbed . |
| 24 | At the beginning I found it hard work because he did not seem able to concentrate . |
| 25 | The Shah shared much of Behbehanians suspicion of the British , But now in Aswan , he did not seem to be greatly in favour of Behbehanians suggestion that he throw himself in their mercy . |
| 26 | She had never seen him engaged in such mundane activity , and yet he did not seem to –ind her presence an embarrassment . |
| 27 | He did not seem eager to see me again , but I shall go anyway . |
| 28 | He did not seem to recognize me . |
| 29 | During our meeting he did not seem interested in Cathy or her news . |
| 30 | From across the kitchen Lavinia smiled at him as though to reassure him , as though stating again that he did not seem laughable . |