Example sentences of "[noun sg] she did not feel " in BNC.

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1 She said , with a flippancy she did not feel , ‘ Are you thinking in terms of hours , perhaps ?
2 She closed the door with a firmness she did not feel then sank gratefully on to her bed , dry-mouthed and suddenly cold .
3 Her game was to pretend a confidence she did not feel .
4 ‘ by no means , ’ she said , with a confidence she did not feel .
5 She could taste blood now on her lips where her own teeth had bitten them , could see blood flecking her vision , hear it pounding in her ears as she ran , propelled by the first hot rush of her panic so that when she collided with the rough corner of a market stall she did not feel it ; when she stumbled again and scrambled to her feet she was unaware of her grazed hands and knees ; heedless of brewers ' drays , the hooves of heavy horses ; the outrage of the passers-by she pushed aside ; the woman with the heavy market basket she knocked over .
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