Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [pers pn] feel " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that smile was so tremendous , and so feminine , that I confess I felt an attraction for that thing , that woman-thing . |
| 2 | I told her that her precious sister-in-law had made a mess of my life yet again , so I suppose she felt obliged to make amends . ’ |
| 3 | I have friends who are magistrates and I know they feel tempted to give a fine or bail , when they should be giving a prison sentence . |
| 4 | The problem is I 've found myself more and more attracted to my son-in-law and I know he feels the same way . |
| 5 | ‘ That was because I came from the most stable period of his life and I made him feel secure . ’ |
| 6 | I had rather a dread of this post 's conveyance for it was only a spring cart , and I thought I felt myself being bumped , but as it was I enjoyed this nine miles in the post gig better than all the drives I had had . |
| 7 | And I thought you felt as I did , that it was impossible for you to have a child . ’ |
| 8 | And I confess I feel a little ripple of interest , in response . |
| 9 | ‘ We enjoyed each other 's company , and I guess I felt safe with him , safe , at least , that he was n't after my money , which is always a problem when you 've got a very wealthy father . ’ |
| 10 | He was a tough old fellow when it came to it-his older brother had been an artillery colonel — but his health was failing and I guess he felt a younger man would serve his flock the better in the iron times to come . |
| 11 | ‘ But it was a very warm connection and I believe she felt she could phone me any time she wished . |
| 12 | Erm , something came up yesterday i in the catering unit found out that erm a first-aider in area , area had n't actually been reporting all minor accidents , erm , and I think she felt perhaps they were a bit too minor to report . |
| 13 | I do n't know why , yeah and I think he feels as though you , he says well if you decorate it right you can blend it in with the wallpaper |
| 14 | It was slightly dangerous to have three actors — they might have almost cancelled one another out , and become so modest and self-effacing and aware of each other 's talent that it could all have come to nothing , but Alan Bates is famous for not wanting to do talk shows , and I think he felt that with the other two there , there was safety in numbers . |
| 15 | He was a Southerner and a devout Catholic , like Moro himself , and I think he felt guilty for not having made more of the best chance anyone had so far had to rescue his hero . |
| 16 | And I suppose she feels she 's won . |
| 17 | alright , yeah I am o I mean I 'm not alright , I feel very dizzy , like I say I feel I feel a bit kind of heady you know but I will go and have a check up . |
| 18 | It 's hard to imagine anybody writing more artificially , but I hope you feel , as I do , there can hardly be a piece of poetry in which the distress of the poet and the feeling that he may be wasting his time comes through in a more anguished fashion . |
| 19 | But I mean I feel sorry for young mums now because there 's no way if they take on these mortgages they can have a family |
| 20 | ‘ There was little I could do to set her mind at rest except be myself , but I think they feel comfortable with me now . |
| 21 | Erm , it 's an arm and a leg but I think she feels that she ritually deserves it er you know . |
| 22 | For him to die of pneumonia was really a terrible waste and I think David harboured a little … you ca n't blame someone for something like a person dying tragically with pneumonia , but I think he felt his mother should have watched over him more carefully , but I suppose that 's like saying the cat got drowned , why was the puddle there ? |
| 23 | ‘ Yes , but I think he felt the peacekeeping mission was very worthwhile . ’ |
| 24 | I said I thought he was a right in fact I 've never seen Sally like it before I said I felt quite really |
| 25 | When I see you feeling just the same , |
| 26 | He is now talking of going to the theatre tonight with some American widow friend passing through Edinburgh , as I said I felt I should not in case I coughed . |
| 27 | Yes it 's switched on So erm as I say I feel very ill prepared . |
| 28 | ‘ This time as I talked I felt the ground move . |
| 29 | So when I stumbled against him and threw my arms round his neck he just stood there , unmoving except for a slight step backwards to keep his balance — though I thought I felt his hands touch my waist for just an instant as if they had made an automatic move to hold me which he had cancelled . |