Example sentences of "[vb past] feel [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tried to look pleased about it and tried to feel pleased too , but it was difficult . |
| 2 | She tried to feel pleased that she had n't descended from such uncompromising stock , but it was still a shock to have been told that William Ash was not her father , and that Eddie had only been her half-brother . |
| 3 | He looked so utterly miserable that she tried to feel sorry for him but she could not . |
| 4 | I tried to feel sorry for her , but all I could feel was envy . |
| 5 | She tried to feel thankful . |
| 6 | I stopped feeling sad and began to feel angry . |
| 7 | It was about time she stopped feeling sorry for herself , the hurt and pain of losing mam would be with her for a long time , but Hari knew she could not let her grief incapacitate her , if she did not mend and make shoes she did not eat . |
| 8 | It was n't much of a concession , but suddenly Robbie stopped feeling sorry for herself . |
| 9 | The residents described feeling tired through lack of an undisturbed night 's sleep . |
| 10 | He said he 'd felt awful about the abortion last time , and he wanted to keep this one and marry me and start again . ’ |
| 11 | Although his head was throbbing almost intolerably , he 'd felt sober enough to ring for breakfast in his room , and had done his best to contemplate the ‘ Full English ’ he 'd so foolishly ordered for 7 a.m . |
| 12 | She tossed her hair back from her shoulders , annoyed that she 'd felt obliged to explain . |
| 13 | Almost immediately , Juliet realised that she would have done the same , if she 'd felt desperate . |
| 14 | Before , I 'd felt little resentment |
| 15 | I said I 'd felt queasy suddenly . |
| 16 | However , examined in the clear light of another day , I decided you 'd felt lousy about cheating on Simon and that dismissing the afternoon had been a get-out . ’ |
| 17 | Once we knew she was pregnant we 'd felt great , and proud . |
| 18 | Of course , it was because he 'd felt sorry for her , but whatever his motive Sarah had been pleased and grateful . |
| 19 | I forced him to try marriage guidance and then backed off bawling when he told our counsellor he 'd felt alienated since our eldest , then seven , was two . ’ |
| 20 | And last night … she swallowed convulsively … last night she 'd felt closer , physically and spiritually closer to Guy Sterne than to any other person in her whole life … |
| 21 | The only man to whom she 'd felt driven to surrender her virginity … the man she 'd fallen hopelessly and irrevocably in love with … ? |
| 22 | She 'd tried to hold on to the anger she 'd felt earlier , but it had slipped away from her , dissolving with the wine . |
| 23 | The thought of crossing to the mainland , however near it was , brought a return of the panic she 'd felt earlier . |
| 24 | After the minor unpleasantness with the redhead , he 'd felt able to shake the place down without much fear of interruption . |
| 25 | Even though he was small , he 'd felt heavy . |
| 26 | ‘ Even though you thought I was fond of Simon , even though you believed I 'd felt bad about cheating on him ? ’ she protested . |
| 27 | After Mortimer 's crass behaviour , she 'd felt deep-frozen inside . |
| 28 | When he 'd said he 'd seen Stephen at the funeral she 'd felt afraid of him for a moment . |
| 29 | I 'd felt powerless when I was abused as a child and I 'd felt the same powerlessness with the bank manager . |
| 30 | Until this moment I 'd felt incapable of operating effectively in the world ; I did n't know how to do it ; events tossed me about . |