Example sentences of "[pers pn] felt i be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I felt I was doing everything I could to nourish and protect the baby and I was so sure about the rightness of it all that I did n't want a scan . |
| 2 | At times I felt I was just a kind of palimpsest , or a blackboard that could always be wiped clean to make room for his own work . |
| 3 | Dana did not reappear for a few days , and during that time I felt I was going mad . |
| 4 | I felt I was filling you right up , right up to your lips . |
| 5 | I felt I was in a time-warp . |
| 6 | I felt I was more in danger of laughter-lines than a creased brow . |
| 7 | Historical metaphors can never do justice to the complexity of a country 's past , but at this early stage of my trip I felt I was beginning to discern a snake 's energy and inertia in Peru 's past . |
| 8 | On the street again , suddenly I felt I was in the middle of a farce — ‘ POLICE SEARCH FOR THE BIG BANANA IS ON — and the discovery that actually I did have my cheque numbers in my moneybelt and that it was the photocopies that had been stolen made me almost light-headed . |
| 9 | When Arnold played a shot , I felt I was playing it too . |
| 10 | I felt I was working my way up the ladder , and my next player was Jerry Heard , who was a real good player in the 1970s . |
| 11 | I felt I was arguing on behalf of myself and the other two , who never rose to the bait . |
| 12 | Since she 's gone there 's been a gap … it made my life better , because — she had a garden I could use … and it was like a job — I felt I was led to do that job … and she used to be so pleased to see me , she used to almost embrace me with tears in her eyes . |
| 13 | I felt I was fortunate in being in a position to brighten the lives of radio listeners . |
| 14 | I felt I was doing good and my confidence began to grow . |
| 15 | As a P.C. I felt I was not a success . |
| 16 | I felt I was in a prisoner-of-war camp . ’ |
| 17 | So after all this I felt I was ready to retire . |
| 18 | Years later Elizabeth wrote to me : ‘ I felt I was participating in it , not just reading it , and what I felt was n't just admiration … . |
| 19 | After the election she said : ‘ I felt I was too young just to be David 's widow within the local party . |
| 20 | I felt I was being pushed around and lost some enthusiasm . ’ |
| 21 | I felt I was going to wake up one day and it would all be over . |
| 22 | Last week I gave a talk to a parents ' committee in one of our schools on how to make a constitution — I felt I was contributing to the growth of grass roots democracy in South Africa . |
| 23 | I felt I was beginning to lose the battle , and the diary for the remainder of the term is full of expressions of hatred for the school , interspersed with the repeated and heartfelt question , ‘ Why ca n't they leave me alone ? ’ |
| 24 | What I felt I was doing , as I dressed my shivering body in layer upon layer , was protecting myself . |
| 25 | ‘ I felt I was letting Ian down . |
| 26 | As she turned to wait for me at the end of the path , I felt I was looking at her for the first time : her face paler than her arms , a blonde shadow on her upper lip , no lipstick . |
| 27 | What made things particularly difficult was that I felt I was n't Black enough for my Black colleagues and that white workers picking up on the division used this to their advantage by divide-and-rule tactics . |
| 28 | Throughout 1987 the world went on , life carried on , yet I felt I was not part of it . |
| 29 | Cottee admits : ‘ There were times when I felt I was carrying the whole world on my shoulders . ’ |
| 30 | Sometimes I tried to go as fast as I could , but it was easy to let the sail out and slow down if I felt I was getting out of control . |