Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pers pn] feel " in BNC.

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1 The chapter on Annapurna contains several images which I felt were well below the overall standard .
2 If many of Hewlett 's correspondents felt as Mrs Lowndes did , this explains why Hewlett 's letters as edited by Laurence Binyon ( 1925 ) make such unexciting reading ; she herself records that of the three hundred letters printed by Binyon there was only one ‘ which I felt to be characteristic of the man I knew so well ’ .
3 There were lots of small things which I felt unsure about and since my previous knowledge of , and contact with , babies was virtually nil , I was please to have someone to turn to when needed .
4 We were much better ‘ staffed ’ this time so I think we were more efficient and our pilfering/loss rate which I felt had not been bad last time was down to only two items this time , even better .
5 He prodded once more his attaché case — which I felt inclined to keep my eyes averted from — and said : ‘ I suppose you 've been wondering why I never let go of this case .
6 She found him a ‘ rather stern-featured man ’ , with a strong Northumbrian accent and seems to have preferred the ‘ Rocket ’ which she described as ‘ This snorting little animal , which I felt inclined to pat … ’ and so ranks among the first to fall under the spell of the steam locomotive .
7 In the possibility that it might be useful , I documented in his record what we talked about , and my view , as a psychiatrist , that he was absolutely lucid , and that his judgment was not impulsive , but rather a carefully thought through and well-considered decision which I felt should be respected .
8 In his judgement , the Lord Chancellor said , ‘ I am seldom called upon to decide in a case in which I felt so strongly that on one side or the other there had been abominable wickedness . ’
9 That will be sufficient to oblige me to choose the inclination which I felt increasing pari passu with intensifying awareness , after which choice there will be no need to go on agonizing over his plight , which might even impair my efficiency as a helper .
10 I implored him not to , but he was adamant , thus following Rear Admiral Poland who had resigned from Muirfield in consequence of my being blackballed there ( ‘ it makes no sense at all ’ , he wrote to the secretary , ‘ that he can be accepted as a guest but blackballed as a member ’ ) : both were sacrifices for which I felt a personal responsibility and which caused me much distress .
11 For the background of this design I found a rough raw silk which I felt looked much better than the more conventional old linen , but one could always choose one of the linen-covered mountboards that are available in similar colourings , or even hessian or plain linen .
12 For those first two years I was able to enjoy behaving childishly — a pleasure which I felt had been denied to me — and being relatively free from responsibility .
13 My diary , in my pre-anorexic days , often refers to a ‘ weight of depression ’ which I felt myself to be carrying around .
14 For me , death , like sexuality , was an aspect of the adult world , with which I felt myself incapable of coming to terms .
15 I was in charge of what is known as the governor , which I felt might be an error , but I did exactly as I was told and all went well .
16 Bill : I do n't know if anybody feels they have , but this is a thing which I felt was central to the gay movement of the seventies and I think I would go so far as to say that I assume that most of my close friends feel , like Mark , that it 's fine to have special relationships but it is n't fine to have ones where you are n't allowed to have anything else and also that there 's nothing more deadly to a relationship when you are trying desperately not to have it off with anybody else because you feel guilty about it .
17 The fieldwork data basically fell into three categories : that which I felt could definitely be published , that which could definitely not be published , and that which I was unsure about .
18 There was , however , one area in which I felt there could be improvement .
19 Hibiscus , frangipani , bougainvillaea and the glorious colours of the flame tree were a visual feast and a challenge for the camera which I felt unable to cope with at first .
20 For the first time I had to tell my story logically , and the effort which this entailed , under the critical questioning of the Inspector , dispelled some of the depression which I felt .
21 It might dilute the real body of work which I felt to be making some kind of contribution .
22 Sadly Mr 's proposal fell on a technicality , but I think he put his finger on something which I felt the assembly was , was responding to , that we are not finished with this issue and although it fell on a technicality about money , perhaps without making any addendums and motions we might er refuse this addendum and keep our minds on the baptism issue and hope that the Board of Practice and Procedure and the panel on doctrine will pick up the substance and the , the essence of what Mr was asking for and pursue this matter until as a church we can get it sorted out to the satisfaction of all the groups within the church .
23 I agreed with Gyggle , only by entering the dreamscape , the hypercast of my hotted-up mind , could I hope to resolve this paradox and once and for all free myself from the malevolent force which I felt had shaped my life .
24 That evening my men , led by Kassimi , came to my tent and expressed regret that we had been recalled , which I felt was the genuine sentiment of most of them .
25 I also spoke of my difficulty in giving talks to the armed forces ; for nothing remotely intellectual was acceptable , and the only use which I felt I could be was in taking along a few maps and indicating the whereabouts of places increasingly mentioned on the wireless or the press ( though they read only the ‘ picture ’ papers ) .
26 I spent almost all of them on a visit to a barber and on a meal , after which I felt my humanity returning .
27 ‘ I was a bit worried about taking a show that has been one of the great musical hits of all time , which I felt was a bit of fluff with one big smash song , ’ he said .
28 I write in response to Katy Deepwell 's essay , ‘ Time Ladies ’ , ( May/June 1992 ) which I felt was too negative for the situation as I see it : Feminism has been a catalyst for analytical practice .
29 I had been trained in Mespot in the art of aerial survey by the Royal Engineers , which I felt was of no practical use to my squadron , thus I became the squadron photographic officer ( small p and small o ) .
30 Erm , I came down and explained what the nature was , what you wanted to be done , you did n't really explain why and how important that our was , which I felt , that he said what he needing doing , he said what resources he had , and he said that , he did n't really set tasks erm , but he did ask them what they thought they should do you know .
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