Example sentences of "but [pron] do [adv] seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was upset for a while , but I do n't seem to care any more . |
| 2 | But I do n't seem to now . |
| 3 | But I do n't seem to have a watch any more . ’ |
| 4 | I am sorry to have to disturb you at home , ma'am , but you do n't seem to be connected to the telephone system . ’ |
| 5 | I know jackets protect your arms from thorns and falls but you do n't seem to get brambles or stony ground in show rings . |
| 6 | After Tomkins had served the second glass , Robins looked at me almost quizzically , and said , ‘ I 've seen a few doctors come and go in the islands , but you do n't seem to fit into the usual pattern . ’ |
| 7 | But you do n't seem to be advocating it as a way forward ? |
| 8 | But you do n't seem to have much in the way of flowers here . " |
| 9 | I 'm here , I 'm alone , I 'm waiting , but you do n't seem to want to join me . |
| 10 | I spoke to you yesterday about it , but you do n't seem to have heard me . |
| 11 | People like Masklin and Angalo and Gurder can make people listen to them , but you do n't seem to keep their attention . ’ |
| 12 | Rex , pardon me , but you do n't seem to be shrugging helplessly or shaking your head . |
| 13 | Now he says that someone who does n't hold much property can prove that they 're educated they should get the extra votes too , but you do n't seem , you do n't have to prove that you 're er educated if you 're rich you just get the votes anyway because that 's a good . |
| 14 | She I mean she 's got all the facilities about her but she do n't seem |
| 15 | However she did not work in isolation of the sales figures and shop reports , which she read avidly and , as she wrote to Moira : ‘ I feel that we hit it in many respects but we do n't seem to repeat the exciting things fast though . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ We certainly become more knowing , but we do not seem to become any more civilised , ’ he said in a celebration for the 300th anniversary of the college , one of the most prestigious in the US . |
| 17 | Normally I would , to make the coffee and that , but there do n't seem no point now . |
| 18 | But there do n't seem to have been any serious consequences from the BBC spoof . |
| 19 | but there do n't seem to be any around |
| 20 | But there do sometimes seem to be trend reversals on the route to this . |
| 21 | These are powerful and important arguments , but they do not seem to translate into visible results . |
| 22 | Attempts at ‘ objectivity ’ — a major premise of the sociological method — may reduce many obvious biases , but they do not seem to have affected the deeply ingrained bias of sexism . |
| 23 | Sometimes several chimpanzees may take part in the hunt , but they do not seem to collaborate to any greater extent than lions or wolves . |
| 24 | The above effects are likely to be important only at or below the glass transition temperature but they do not seem to have been analysed to date , nor is there yet a molecular interpretation of the frictional forces between chains arising from these and other causes . |
| 25 | It should be added that there are a number of philosophical problems with Grice 's theory ( see e.g. Schiffer , 1972 ) , but they do not seem to vitiate the value of the central idea . |
| 26 | The side is full of skilful individuals but they do not seem to be able to function as a side . |
| 27 | It would be nice to believe that the International Board could sort it out , but they do n't seem to want to . |
| 28 | All the other people are getting younger too , but they do n't seem to mind , any more than Tod minds . |
| 29 | I do n't find them any less delightful , but they do n't seem as interested in academic things . |
| 30 | I mean , I know various people in Chelsea , but they do n't seem very different from anyone else . " |