Example sentences of "[pers pn] does seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | She does seem to be heavier than she was when she lived at home , and she has dyed her hair blonde recently . |
| 2 | I 'd hesitate to give much weight to her story in the normal run because she does seem to have a screw loose , but it ties in so well with Norman Pinder 's recollections , and they are totally independent witnesses . ’ |
| 3 | Kristeva 's model is not intended either as a concise account of feminism 's recent history nor as an orderly , linear chronology for feminists to follow ( though she does seem to think that each of her stages represents an improvement over the one before ) . |
| 4 | ‘ Both of us , my wife and I. Yes , she does seem to have weathered things remarkably well . |
| 5 | But she does seem young . |
| 6 | The reader may be able to even feel concerned for her as she does seem to have a conscience . |
| 7 | She does seem to have quite a free hand for a woman under twenty one |
| 8 | What he does seem to mind — and what even the most arbitrary-seeming , the most ludic , of his ironic and erotic diversions and excursions show that he minds — is the regime that came to power in his native country after the revolution of 1948 . |
| 9 | But this time he does seem to have hit rock bottom . |
| 10 | The assumption that Gloucester would be a more satisfactory component of royal authority in Wales proved justified , and on the rare occasions for which evidence survives he does seem to have co-operated with the council . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , he does seem to admire her , ’ admitted the housekeeper . |
| 12 | ‘ I suppose he 's a bit old for that sort of thing , ’ said Lili , ‘ although with that ridiculous car he drives he does seem to be trying to give an impression of boyish insouciance . ’ |
| 13 | Little Dada , poor soul ( as Nannie would say ) , he does seem upset . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , he does seem to be settling down well , ’ said Toby Freely . |
| 15 | He does seem to keep shooting himself in the foot . ’ |
| 16 | Agnes read them through , then said more calmly : ‘ Well , he does seem to have got the top people … |
| 17 | Now Mill seems to be very unsure what to do about this because he does n't want to say that the poor should be disenfranchised , because after all everyone is entitled to their say in government , but he does seem to be worried that if the poor are given an equal say or the uned uneducated poor are given an equal say , then they will make a very bad decision , a decision which is against their own interests and this is one reason why he favours plural voting because he recognizes that the numerical majority might make a erm wrong decision , so we should make sure that the numerical majority do n't have sway in a democratic process by giving another client more weight in it so he seems to between wanting to disenfranchise them altogether which he seems to consider and just emasculating their vote by giving other people more votes . |
| 18 | The assumption that Gloucester would be a more satisfactory component of royal authority in Wales proved justified , and on the rare occasions for which evidence survives he does seem to have co-operated with the council . |
| 19 | The , the point I 'm raising with this is that he does seem , in that particular piece , he does quite strongly , to me anyway , that that individuation is still very strong |
| 20 | He does seem to suggest , that if you 're directly interested or if you have a direct interest in something you ca n't take an objective view , and I would say that actually , members have shown their ability to erm , to achieve something different from that , the way they wear different hats at different committees , Mr comes to mind where he will argue for the D S O's , at the D S O managing board , and for the client at Education Committee . |
| 21 | ‘ He does seem very nice , ’ she 'd murmured this morning , her cheeks flushed after receiving a phone call from the doctor . |
| 22 | And he does seem to like me , but I dare n't let myself fall in love with him . |
| 23 | Her mistress having died , she adopted us , not we her , about 5 weeks ago , and though our old cat finds her a bit of a trial he does seem somewhat rejuvenated by her presence . |
| 24 | He does seem eager , up behind some , long as you get a right distance , too far and you get oh , they 're fighting it again , whereas you can get right up . |
| 25 | Yes he does seem keen on the railway track . |
| 26 | erm he does seem to me to be me the best — I mean all this common opinion is true — he is a writer of indefinite richness and it is amazing , but the case . |
| 27 | erm He does seem to me to be the best . |
| 28 | erm I think two people have had tremendous problems and again must have been going up and down St Aldate 's , because they were very busy officials , was Edward Hyde , who later became Earl of Clarendon and wrote his story of the war , again of course from the Royalist point of view , and his great friend , Lord Falkland , who was Secretary of State for the King , and became so upset and worried by the rash policies of the Queen 's party and the general atmosphere of intrigue , and by the war itself , that he does seem to have more or less committed suicide at the battle of Newbury , by riding ahead of his troops into the enemy . |
| 29 | But really I do n't think so , although I did speak to the Reading manager Ian Porterfield a few minutes ago and he does seem relaxed and so do his players , so you know I am a little worried now , now we 're getting nearer kick-off I 'm beginning to get a little more worried . |
| 30 | I think that er Mr Gorbachev has er seen that Mr Bush has only a few firmly held points of view , I mean that 's one of the criticisms of George Bush that he does seem to have only a few firmly held points of view on emerging democracies in Eastern and Central Europe , but having said that , er I think he really does believe that a unified Germany in NATO is a key part of stability in that region , and I think that Mr Gorbachev recognises that on this one Mr Bush is not er capable of being moved . |