Example sentences of "feel [that] they [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had felt that they were getting on so well until Edie appeared . |
| 2 | Hal 's cooking was becoming more and more rushed , the fatty 's felt that they were going to become thin in a matter of seconds and the ‘ skinnys ’ were very hungry . |
| 3 | Members of suitable quality were needed , but members must feel that they were getting value for money . |
| 4 | For example , ‘ I forgive you for being so patronising towards me ’ would make them feel that they were having their sins confessed to them . |
| 5 | On the ground and first floors , products were displayed in a more domesticated , less austere atmosphere than in London with a deliberate attempt to make customers feel that they were shopping in a private house from an earlier century . |
| 6 | That Kellynch Hall must be let , ‘ a beloved home made over to others ’ , is deeply felt ; but , within a few weeks of the Crofts ' arrival as tenants , Anne ‘ could not but in conscience feel that they were gone who deserved not to stay , and that Kellynch-hall had passed into better hands than its owners . ’ |
| 7 | Such contributions were highly valued because the members felt that they were learning much about their own school . |
| 8 | As they clung together in that unutterable pleasure , he felt that they were defying everything that had persecuted them . |
| 9 | Some felt that they were viewed in terms of being disabled while others mentioned that their tutors lacked confidence in them . |
| 10 | It had been a hard year , the public felt Lauda had been ill done by , and everyone felt that they were seeing the apotheosis of one of the great drivers and the first signs of greatness in his natural successor , Alain Prost . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't think they , or the likes of Norman Mailer and Budd Schulberg ever felt that they were slumming when they wrote for the sports pages , ’ says McIlvanney . |
| 12 | But for the month of December , the students felt that they were riding a well-placed political movement . |
| 13 | His rigorous moral choice against communism strengthened a sense of moral superiority among the Germans , who felt that they were holding the fort for the free world : |
| 14 | Even in the smaller specific groups , women often felt that they were struggling against thinly-disguised misogyny . |
| 15 | Some felt that they were hurrying into an epoch of unprecedented enlightenment , in which better education and beneficent technology would ensure wealth and leisure for all . |
| 16 | Many broadcasters felt that they were expected not to say anything on the air which was in contradiction to Government policy . |
| 17 | In fact , she felt that they were deterred by it as they left quickly with no attempt at explanation . |
| 18 | Only 1 per cent felt that they were leading a very unhealthy lifestyle ( Table 6.4 ) . |
| 19 | I know that some folk have had cases from America which have not been too well done , and , in fact , felt that they were over-embalmed and no make-up . |
| 20 | He felt that they were making fun of him , though he could not understand why . |
| 21 | Each one had to be made to feel that they were noticed , for as Eugénie said , it is not so much that Princes are surrounded by flatterers as that they themselves must be ever ready to flatter others : |
| 22 | It was easy for them to feel that they were struggling to restrain their ally from some madcap act . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't know much about your life , ’ Joe said , feeling that they were becoming too emotional . |