Example sentences of "felt [that] [pron] had [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the treaties with the States-General of 1654 and 1667 the English government succeeded in having its claims accepted by its rival ; and so sensible a man as Sir William Temple felt that nothing had ever given him greater pleasure than forcing the Dutch to give way once more on this point in the peace negotiations of 1674 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | A motion which would have specifically committed ] the party against fusion was not put on the chairman 's decision ; the diehards accepted this ruling without demur , no doubt because they felt that they had already made their point . |
| 4 | The crew , themselves , felt that they had already been changed by the experience and some were a little anxious about the future . |
| 5 | On the other hand , some may never have placed such emphasis on independence in their lives , or never felt that they had very much independence in the first place . |
| 6 | I did not expect another career , since I felt that I had already had one , but in the event I found not only that , but a fascinating path through life that my original naval calling could not possibly have produced . |
| 7 | I felt that I had never seen anyone so old . |
| 8 | The Council felt that it had only achieved a limited success in achieving the aims determined above . |
| 9 | Blackadder felt that he had somehow betrayed Randolph Henry Ash , though he might more justly have been thought to have betrayed himself ; his grandfather , or possibly Dr Leavis . |
| 10 | In other words , Saab felt that she had less in common with ‘ feminists ’ in general ( which , as we know , is often a shorthand for White Western women ) than with women of the Orient . |
| 11 | I 'm very sorry to interrupt , " Nicandra felt that she had indeed erred , in some way , against the conventions . |
| 12 | Sometimes Lydia felt that she had very little to lose , and in her poverty lay her safety . |
| 13 | Celia felt that she had actively begun to dislike her , although it was clear she knew her job . |