Example sentences of "not feel [pron] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 A PKF spokesman said that the partners had decided to merge because ‘ they did not feel they would have the opportunity to grow much more unless they joined a bigger firm ’ .
2 What comes across , to us , is that workers , on the whole , do not feel they can change the principal features of their world of work …
3 Often patients , particularly newly diagnosed people , were unsure about an aspect of their diet or treatment but did not feel they should bother their GP or hospital .
4 Though very sympathetic and sensitive to the needs of the birth family most adopters did not feel they could cope with contact .
5 The party authorities in charge of the campuses , however , did not feel they could allow these radical developments to take place .
6 First , regretfully , we do not feel we can enter into an open-ended commitment to fund the shortfall in section eleven .
7 Again , I do not feel she would have had any disposable income from her grant at college or part time earnings .
8 She did not feel she could turn down such charity without proof of the necessary conditions of rejection .
9 He did not feel he ought to throw it away but it must be kept from her sight .
10 What level of income this had been , he did not feel he could reveal .
11 ‘ I suspect he did not feel he could trust someone , ’ said Cramer delicately .
12 He did not feel he could write freely if the typescript was readily accessible to his mother .
13 He did not feel he could work on such a project , however , until " Little Gidding " was finished .
14 You would not care to talk about it with Matey — if you do not feel you could confide in me ? ’
15 However , when you live alone and you are inviting comparative strangers to your party , it is wise to enlist the help of a friend beforehand to help you cope , particularly if you do not feel you could deal with evicting people who might become drunk or who overstay their welcome .
16 I did not feel I should miss his company , and the fact that I should have no fellow-countryman with me to take charge if I fell sick or was wounded did not worry me , since I had every confidence in Omar .
17 " But I told him I did not feel I should play .
18 ‘ But I do not feel I can do justice to that need here , in the uncomfortable cold of this cave .
19 Frankfurt Dear Professor , I do not feel I can talk about my parents .
20 Martin Heslop , prosecuting , said : ‘ I do not feel I can ask a jury to convict with the measure of certainty required . ’
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