Dad, we learned, was still seeing his girlfriend, and seemed to get along well with her.

Dad seemed to think the problem didn't arise entirely because of a flaw in the theory.

"But Dad doesn't seem to have much faith in them."

Dad seemed like a new person, full of fire and passion.

Dad seemed to be enjoying it all, but Mom was not reassured.

Mom and Dad seem not to notice, or to care.

Dad worked in a lumber mill and just couldn't seem to get ahead of the bills.

Dad doesn't seem to mind "us kids" stealing his world.

He leaned back in his chair and said, "Dad, you never seem to get any older.

Then, good old Dad seems to have suddenly decided that the world is suffering from a plague of monsters.