Example sentences of "be feel [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Bunker knew instinctively that Clasper could not , and would not , resolve the dispute himself and that the effects of the stoppage would very soon be felt far beyond the confines of United Motors as one supply industry after another experienced a precipitous drop in demand .
2 The effects of the blast will be felt far beyond the city or the province .
3 The younger the tutor , the more this manner will be felt necessary as a defence .
4 Similarly , although it may be felt necessary for children to have some understanding of violence ( trench warfare ; personal violence ; the physical , visual , and verbal violence of city life ) , one would wish children to be spared the direct experience of it .
5 I remember definite feelings of not wanting to be felt sorry for , very much wanting everything to carry on as normal .
6 The impact of this resolutely conservative and often authoritarian political ideology can be felt right across the field of social and economic policy where an idealized and homogenized vision of ‘ The Black Community ’ is the object of a discourse that urges it to take care of its own problems and assume the major burden of managing its own public affairs .
7 Techniques of zero-based and flexible budgeting need organisational sophistication in setting objectives and interpreting results , which may be felt inappropriate to relatively small surveying practices .
8 It may be felt desirable to inform guests that one party was previously a devoted husband or wife , a widow or widower , who after years of loneliness should be congratulated on at last having found happiness again .
9 And it 's just not like me , I 'd just be feeling tired all the time .
10 But Ven , who must be feeling drained from his labours , had just stated that he would be ready to discuss the interview soon — she somehow knew then that she was not going to get a better offer from him than that .
11 Even the rules of social politeness , which suggest that we should not burden others with our problems , will lead us all to respond to enquiries after our health with an automatic ‘ Very well , thank you ’ when often we may be feeling poorly or even downright miserable .
12 He 'd had to walk on for quite a bit after that and it was quite late in the day when it occurred to him that the villagers had probably been just having a joke with him and that they would no doubt be feeling anxious by then and starting to worry .
13 Switching to a music channel , Margaret wondered how Jack would be feeling right now .
14 ‘ How can I be feeling sorry for myself , when I should be sad that he has died ? ’
15 ( Oct 24-Nov 22 ) With the Sun and Mars blocked away in the most sensitive and private area of your solar chart , you , in turn , are bound to be feeling restricted and rather frustrated at the moment .
16 ‘ I would desperately like to get him back to his owner , they must be feeling terrible . ’
17 From now on , she would touch him in any way she pleased , even when neither of them was feeling sexy , because she would still be feeling loving — for as long as the affair lasted .
18 She says I should imagine they 'll be feeling shocked and they may be panicking .
19 The reader may by now be feeling bored .
20 I knew that she would be feeling timid , and it was rather a climb in any case : comforting for her to come up a flight of steps passing a trellis of gloriously flowering wistaria .
21 I hope you 're not going to be feeling mean about it you know because
22 Abbey National might be feeling perky at the moment but few others of the major players share its rosy view .
23 By rights , she knew she ought to be feeling extra anticipation now .
24 ‘ I would have thought you 'd be feeling grateful to him . ’
25 ‘ We understand that this must be an anxious time for many tenants , who may be feeling uncertain about the future , and that 's why we decided to publish our doorstep pledge as an extra reassurance . ’
26 What will you be feeling guilty about today ?
27 They will be feeling indulgent towards us , because we are not so evidently , so rowdily in love ; yet we should be discreetly indulgent towards them .
28 For instance , you may be feeling depressed and lethargic , yet love the gentle , relaxing aroma of sandalwood .
29 In that voice of hers , that warm low voice , she said , ‘ I know you must be feeling sad so often , that was a bad thing your grandmother dying so soon . ’
30 There was a bet of £1,500 to win £18,000 , so someone also came out on top there and will no doubt be feeling far from harshly treated .
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