You and a friend are going to have lunch together. She asks if you've heard of a restaurant called "Pedro's Cafe". The name reminds you of something, but you don't remember what kind of restaurant it is, and you can't remember if you've eaten there. You say:
It sounds vaguely familiar.
adverb, qualifier, remembering, stative verb 
Your brother-in-law is a well-known artist who has an art show going on in a gallery now. You're telling a coworker about him. But you don't know much about art, so you say:
That world seems so foreign to me.
art, foreign country, industries, stative verb 
Your husband lost his job, so you don't have enough money to pay for your home loan. Now you're trying to sell your house. You explain why you're selling it to a potential buyer:
We're no longer able to afford the mortgage payments.
ability, afford, home (topic), loan, money, real estate, selling, stative verb You're talking on the phone with your friend and you hear a loud noise from his phone that sounds like a police car. You comment on it:
I hear some kind of siren in the background.
background, hearing, noise, phone, police, stative verb Your friend just lost his job. You're having a drink with him and talking to him about it. You want to say something to encourage him. You say:
Look on the bright side. You've still got your health and your family.
encouraging, family (topic), friend, got, health, job, layoff, optimism, set phrase, stative verb Your brother cut his finger while cutting some onions. There's a lot of blood coming out of the cut, and you're worried about it. You say:
That looks serious.
injury, stative verb, worry You're looking at photos on your friend's new mobile phone. Your friend mentions how impressed he's been with the quality of the photos that the phone takes. You agree that the photos look good. You say
These do look good for a mobile phone.
agreement, comparison, mobile, phone, photos, stative verb You filled in for your coworker while she was out of the office on vacation. You had so much work to do while she was away, and it was difficult for her. Now you have a greater respect for the job she does. You're telling her how hard it was, and you say:
I don't know how you do it.
admiration, respect, stative verb, work Your roommate wanted you to look at something on YouTube, but you were in the middle of writing something important so you wanted to finish it. Now you're finished writing it, and you want to know what your roommate was trying to show you. You ask:
What was it that you wanted me to look at?
attention, clauses, questions, stative verb You wanted to call your friend, but instead you called your landlord's phone number instead by mistake. You know your landlord pretty well. When she answers the phone, you say:
Oh, hey Debbie. Sorry, I meant to call someone else.
interjection, mistake, phone, stative verb, telephone 