Example sentences of "[vb infin] felt [conj] [art] " in BNC.

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1 As all around me a nation explodes into an orgy of joyous celebration , I feel a little of what Mrs Thatcher must 've felt when the tabloids went into rapture about her ‘ ten glorious years ’ .
2 The public clearly believed that this ‘ restoration ’ would enhance the building 's interest despite destroying an historic element ; he must also have felt that a new timber framed facade , despite its inauthenticity , would give the pub an ‘ historic ’ character that was more readily recognisable and instantly attractive to potential customers .
3 And Anglican laymen in America may have felt that a bishop from across the ocean would be harder to influence than the local clergy , many of whom were American by origin , though in several cases they had gone to Britain to complete their education .
4 In the early days , when unionist politics were in a state of flux , some people may have been alienated from the Church by their dislike for Paisley 's political image , but they would not have felt that the Church was a DUP church .
5 It may be that those responsible for the well-known picture of the so-called ‘ Dancing Sorcerer ’ ( on the wall of one of the innermost recesses of the Trois Frères cave in the department of Arriège in France ) , which represents a man in the skin of an animal and wearing the antlers of a stag , may have felt that the actual performance of the dance was insufficient , since they were concerned about the conservation of the magical efficacy of the dance after it had ended .
6 Mrs Coleridge may have felt that the Blue Coat School would best prepare her son for the clerical career John Coleridge had wished him to follow .
7 The World Cup referees must have felt that the ball had ‘ been killed ’ on the ground and that it was therefore necessary to blow straight away for the penalty rather than wait for the advantage to occur .
8 For while many Catalans may have felt that the Statute , especially in the financial sphere , went nowhere near far enough , the political right and much of the officer corps were incensed at what they considered the dismembering of the Spanish ‘ Fatherland ’ .
9 In the short term , with the loyal Gloucester in control , Edward IV may even have felt that the grant would strengthen royal authority in the region rather than diminish it .
10 That continuity , however , demanded some focus and in 1483 Edward may well have felt that the most effective focus would be provided by his son .
11 A slightly more critical eye might have felt that the very fact that they were publicly proclaiming the existence of such a rumour could not advantage Profumo in any way and might easily damage him .
12 In the short term , with the loyal Gloucester in control , Edward IV may even have felt that the grant would strengthen royal authority in the region rather than diminish it .
13 That continuity , however , demanded some focus and in 1483 Edward may well have felt that the most effective focus would be provided by his son .
14 He may also have felt that the time was not ripe for any definitive initiative .
15 Zen pushed on , understanding how Italo Baldoni must have felt when the young Miletti slipped through his fingers .
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