Example sentences of "she felt [pron] to [be] " in BNC.

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1 She stressed the word to show how important she felt it to be , and went on , ‘ Fact two is that , whether you like it or not , my loyalty lies with Peter — ’
2 She felt herself to be reasonably proficient in Italian and she had begun , rather to the disapproval of her employers , to learn a few words of the Neapolitan dialect .
3 She felt herself to be still very slightly dazed , disorientated enough to give the impression that she was a disinterested observer of the scene and not quite able to realise that these things were in fact happening to her .
4 She felt herself to be of right there , to have a place upon its departure platforms , and the London train drew in for her with a particular significance .
5 Clara , as she ran for the Métro , was full of the greatest joy of her life , for she felt herself to be , at last , living ; the thick complexity of what had happened satisfied something in her that had never before had satisfaction .
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