Example sentences of "and feel that [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.

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1 Those not giving evidence that I spoke to found watching the trials a useful experience and felt that they had either learned something from the process or at least , if they were already experienced in giving evidence , received helpful confirmation on points of technique .
2 Julian had a humbler conception of her task than the other prophetic reformers I have mentioned , who all experienced God as an absolute imperative to action and felt that they had a mission to defy the religious and secular establishment of their day .
3 I do n't suppose these efforts influenced the election in the slightest , but on the Friday we learned that Mr. Morrison had been re-elected and felt that we had done our part in ensuring his success .
4 William looked around at the stacks of cartons and bundles and felt that he had been wasting his time tidying the stock .
5 ‘ She is totally pure ! ’ he replied , and felt that he had to tell that lie , even if he went to hell there and then for it .
6 When I asked why this was so she explained that since her husband died she had been managing well and felt that she had coped with all the trauma .
7 If his parents bought her a present he was always comparing and felt that she had better things and more things than he did .
8 She immediately choked , coughed , and felt that she had swallowed something .
9 Emmie looked at the small , waxy face and felt that she did not know her grandmother any more .
10 I found the format patronising and alienating , and felt that I did not belong .
11 I found your recent article ‘ A new discipline ’ on marketing in the Nineties ( MW December 6 ) extremely interesting and felt that it raised a number of important issues .
12 Hall is philosophical about the sacrifices which a musical career demands , and feels that she had a ‘ fairly normal childhood ’ , and only felt deprived in her late teenage years , when ‘ the social life has to go , and you tend to form passing acquaintances rather than real friendships . ’
13 I was in charge of the rummage crew , and feeling that I had done my bit went to find the others .
14 Time was impossible to measure down in Chard — it always is when you 're a child — and I remember one day chatting to Uncle Cyril and feeling that I 'd been living there for an age .
15 She made for the new extension , hoping she had imagined that speculative look in her young assistant 's eye , and feeling that she 'd better let him think the Palmer & Pearson file had dropped on her desk while he was absent on Friday .
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