Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] feel [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | there would be a practical advantage in uniting some official knowledge of their wants as well as your artistic skill , on the one hand , with my own claims , whatever they may be considered to be , on the other ; and were they to honour us by proposing a joint appointment , I can only say that I should feel much satisfaction in undertaking this great work in conjunction with a brother Architect for whom I have so great a respect as yourself … |
| 2 | ‘ Now why should you think I would be harbouring thoughts of revenge , unless … ’ she let a silence grow ‘ … you know a very good reason why I should feel that way ? ’ |
| 3 | I suspect I 'll feel enough of one anyway . ’ |
| 4 | The wheel suddenly pushed into my left palm and I could feel all the thudding pressure of the sea and the wind concentrated into that one polished spoke . |
| 5 | ‘ Why is it so hard to accept that I could feel all that too ? ’ |
| 6 | I could feel such hatred . |
| 7 | You just walked back to your position trying to look unconcerned and got your clap from the crowd : I could feel this smile on my face , feel it spreading out to a grin . |
| 8 | I could feel this conversation going all the wrong way . |
| 9 | I never imagined that I could feel this way about anyone , but I do . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I never thought I could feel this way about any woman . |
| 11 | I don' think er that women mind at all , I do n't think that that people in general really take that much notice of it , I mean I personally er have no objection or would not try and dissuade these gentlemen from wearing these things , but I personally would never wear one , and one of the reasons I would never wear one is apart from maybe two cases there you can always tell , and I think the thing is that when I would feel very uncomfortable walking down the street and everyo I 'd feel that everyone was there going wig , wig and the other thing is , there 's a young lady at the back there made a very valid point , er |
| 12 | ‘ I never thought I 'd feel that way about any woman , but it is how I feel about you . ’ |
| 13 | But I 'd get off at the Meinhof , looking straight ahead and keep on walking and I 'd feel this presence move up beside me . |
| 14 | ‘ I never thought I 'd feel this way about a man , ’ she said , her face serious . |
| 15 | It was a compulsion I 'd starved for , and even if I never went hungry again I would feel that compulsion for ever . |
| 16 | So , I 'm thinking oh it 's hard , when I actually feel it it feels thicker at the end and it does feel better but when I 've washed it , I shall feel all hairy now all afternoon . |
| 17 | I will feel much less need … to have to rely upon … or to depend upon … other people . |
| 18 | I will feel more and more independent … more able to stick up for myself … to stand upon my own feet … to hold my own … no matter how difficult or trying things may be . |
| 19 | I can feel this happy feeling bubbling in my tummy . |
| 20 | I can feel this coming back much more rather than , Tell me that again . |
| 21 | I can feel those . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I can feel those dreadful terrors again — visions of blood and death . |
| 23 | Although you may feel that Page 3 models , pornographic magazines , videos and films have no relevance to your life , and certainly no relevance to your obsession with losing weight or remaining slim , it is easy to see how such images of womanhood can contribute to a sense of vulnerability to rape , or just confusion over whether having breasts and thighs means you are always sexually available . |
| 24 | ‘ If you have already experienced a bad marriage , you may feel that to marry again is to end up in the same sorry state . |
| 25 | Obviously any of the rest of you may feel some of these are irrelevant , or that other important ones should be added . |
| 26 | Theda responded instantly , herself aflame , her own arms gripping his chest , her hands running up and down his strong back , as if she must feel all of him at once . |
| 27 | She did not know why she should feel such fear , because she felt for her mother not respect , but contempt : and why should she lack courage before someone whose attitudes were to her so transparently , pettily contemptible ? |
| 28 | He stirred the dregs of his coffee with a brooding intensity she could feel all through her . |
| 29 | Like a physical presence , she could feel that between them . |
| 30 | There seemed to Sycorax a great need to placate the gods ; within the winding sheet of her bodily agony , she could feel another grief , that she had neglected them , had scorned the gifts they had lavished on her , taken them as they came instead of with gratitude due . |