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Her parents couldn't seem to take the reins, even after they saw her online presence was not just a way of being creative.

The big controversy then was that the government had spent $675m on summit "security" (yet they still couldn't seem to put out those fires).

He was perched uncomfortably on the canted edge of a rocker and his eyes couldn't seem to find my face.

MM: As a child I always painted my toenails, but I had a terrible fingernail biting habit that I couldn't seem to cure.

He presented me with a physics problem that he couldn't seem to solve.

In fact, I couldn't seem to get out of it.

Over the next 48 hours I beamed with pride at my newborn child who fed constantly and slept well, although I couldn't seem to sleep myself.

Even the White House, Pentagon and Justice Department couldn't seem to agree on what kind of threat Padilla posed.

As I stood there looking at him, he couldn't seem to get the words out.

But Emma couldn't seem to find the words to tell her mom or her friends that the marks on her arms were from something that she had done.

We could see from his worn teeth that he was veryold, and though he could move his legs, he couldn't seem to lift his head.

"We couldn't seem to stop them man-to-man , so we went to zone and looked more effective, " Nelson said.

The intern shook her head slowly, but couldn't seem to put her feelings into words.

At school the next day, I couldn't seem to concentrate.

Now he couldn't seem to tear his gaze away from her.

I just couldn't seem to look away from his face.

I've seen very talented people literally go down the drain because they couldn't seem to keep their focus long enough to get anything done.

Was there a foundation for the tenuous , instinctive fears that I couldn't seem to shake?

She knew who and where she was, but couldn't seem to form new memories.

Yet even at home in Minneapolis, our daughter couldn't seem to find anything to apply for.

Jackson lamented this year that he couldn't seem to get through to the players.

But I couldn't get hold of them and Anna couldn't seem to persuade them to ring me.

Kim's mother couldn't seem to stop crying.

I enjoyed my new life in America, but somehow I just couldn't seem to get into the swing of things.

The topic will have something to do with a payout you need to make, or money that is owed you that you couldn't seem to get.

Of all my classmates, the one person I couldn't seem to place was Bryce.

He rubbed and rubbed but couldn't seem to get clean.

He couldn't seem to find his voice.

I couldn't seem to get to sleep.

Have you ever had days where you just couldn't seem to keep it together and found yourself running in circles and getting nothing done?

They couldn't seem to make me a bed that was fine enough;

I understood the words I heard But couldn't seem to grasp their meaning

all those promises we couldn't seem to keep