Example sentences of "[pers pn] feel the [noun sg] [prep] be " in BNC.

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1 We have enjoyed great success together but I feel the chance to be published on both sides of the Atlantic by HarperCollins is an exciting stage in my career .
2 While being of a fairly broadminded and humorous nature myself , I felt the piece to be a little controversial in its standpoint , and also a shade inaccurate .
3 CAPRICORN There 's likely to be more contact from family members this week , as you feel the urge to be closer to home .
4 Now she felt the need to be alone for a while in order to look over her notes and see if they would help her in her plans for the future .
5 They feel the need to be ready to account for the direction their lives have taken .
6 He simply absents himself if he feels the programme to be wrong , and his self-discipline is unswerving about doing his homework , and knowing his own way forward .
7 He felt the change to be rather like ‘ the shedding of an adolescent enthusiasm , .
8 Naturally I was disappointed that the most notable name of which we could boast had to be excluded : and although I knew that he disliked re-reading his prose works , I was as sorry that he felt the essay to be below standard as I was to regret his later repudiation of After Strange Gods .
9 Even two years later , at the 1980 Annual General Meeting , the President said he felt the Constitution to be ‘ ideal for its needs ’ .
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