Example sentences of "feeling [that] [pron] had " in BNC.

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1 It is important to be clear then about our reasons for feeling that we had to explain why women have come so far rather than explaining why there had been so few gains .
2 This leads to our second reason for feeling that we had to explain how women have come so far : when women achieved the vote little else changed .
3 Material things they had in plenty , and though they had moved to cheaper housing she could not actually remember feeling that they had moved down the social ladder at all .
4 Feeling that she had given her due of politeness to the curate , the due exacted by her mother and elder sister , she pattered onto Maurice , and , after having a bit of a poke round , shot across the connecting gangplank onto Grace .
5 But she was not to know that he had had this desire , and went into the house with head bent , feeling that she had been a failure .
6 Rose was anxious , feeling that he had lived in the stone house with too much responsibility for too long .
7 If he could confront physical danger and win he could go to bed feeling that he had achieved something with his day .
8 He fell to his knees , buried his head in the grass , feeling that he had lost his chance in that moment .
9 McLeish made a conscientious note , feeling that he had got himself sidetracked off the more interesting question of Angela Morgan 's capital investment in Yeo Davis .
10 She sat down on her suitcases and howled , feeling that he had swept the last traces of her personality out in the dustpan too .
11 The Guests returned Dali 's portrait of their son , Alexander , feeling that he had been painted as a Velázquez menino .
12 They were extremely angry , feeling that he had taken advantage of her age and vulnerability , and he also had several other children with women in the same area .
13 Feeling that he had done what he could , Redpath walked back to the steps .
14 An awkward pause followed , and Huy , feeling that he had learnt all he could , made no attempt to continue the conversation .
15 But the whole experience left me ruefully feeling that it had perhaps been a mistake to publish a report about them .
16 The Labour Party , on the contrary , welcomed the result , feeling that it had been vindicated by the considerable impression made on a difficult seat .
17 I knew there were other bags of cubes in the kitchen refrigerator , so , feeling that I had been walking the train for a lifetime , I went along through the dining room to fetch some .
18 I was in charge of the rummage crew , and feeling that I had done my bit went to find the others .
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