Example sentences of "felt [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must have taken her an awful lot to write those words , and they were why I felt I could go back and see her now . |
| 2 | I stayed in the cafe for as long as I felt I could and then went back outside . |
| 3 | ‘ I felt I could do that with you , but it was more difficult with her — partly because she was about the same age as me probably . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ For many years in Moscow , I felt I could n't leave the country . ’ |
| 5 | Today I felt I could leave things no longer , so I had a word with a colleague in the Home Office . |
| 6 | Yes , in poetry I felt I could stand at least as his equal , and indeed what started off that day as a sort of master-pupil relationship soon became a strange kind of poetic collaboration , in which we played equal parts . |
| 7 | But I felt I could not possibly meet him again . |
| 8 | I remembered so painfully the anguish of estrangement , and I felt I could not take the risk of spoiling our amity , nor of living with memories of discord , should he be killed . |
| 9 | He 'd played in some eminently forgettable horror movies and I felt I could not seriously consider him . |
| 10 | But I felt I could not lose him and hung on the hour-and-a-half walk firing the occasional question like a lifeline , till he succumbed to a conversation about the war poets : ‘ like old beggars under sacks … we cursed through sludge … ’ |
| 11 | She then quietly gave me a list of the services there and said I would be most welcome to come to them , or talk to her if I felt I could . |
| 12 | Although the piece is set in the ‘ Roaring ‘ 20's ’ , Cy Coleman 's music rarely goes into period style , but instead exploits a cod-operatic vein , going from Puccini to Piaf , with winks and nods in all directions , and superbly served by Madeline Kahn , who has the voice of a sarcastic diva and a vocal presence so strong that I felt I could see her . |
| 13 | I felt I could whizz it round the country lanes on school runs and trips up to town . |
| 14 | It was important to me that I did tell them individually because on their own I felt I could get their attention and having to explain why I felt like this , but more than that , I wanted them to fully understand that all of a sudden I was n't a lesbian whose name was Carla — I was still Carla , except that I just had different feelings . |
| 15 | I 'd never been in the cab of a moving train before , and I felt I could have stayed there all day . |
| 16 | After Africa I felt I could deal with it . ’ |
| 17 | It was so close that I felt I could reach out and touch her . |
| 18 | I felt I could weep with nostalgic affection . |
| 19 | Was there a difference between what I felt I could say and what I felt I could write ? |
| 20 | Was there a difference between what I felt I could say and what I felt I could write ? |
| 21 | I appreciated I was taking on quite a responsibility — I knew it would n't be like having a budgie in a cage as a pet — but I felt I could cope . |
| 22 | ‘ I felt I could do it better with myself . |
| 23 | I felt I could not breathe and murmured as best I could ‘ Take me ’ . |
| 24 | Even in 1982 , I felt I could hardly substantiate a fifth-century occupation without a scrap of evidence . |
| 25 | I felt I could ask questions , I felt she would n't mind . |
| 26 | Somehow I felt I could not , or did not want to , explain about Miss Havisham and her strange house . |
| 27 | I became very tired and soon felt I could not swim any more . |
| 28 | Things , though , went from bad to worse , and the following January I tried to commit suicide because I felt I could n't go on . |
| 29 | I 'd said I wanted him back , but I was frightened and I felt I could n't face telling the social workers . |
| 30 | Feelings of shame and anger boiled up inside me , but just as I felt I could not bear it any longer , Helen Burns walked past me and lifted her eyes to mine . |