Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] not feel " in BNC.
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| 1 | That self-confidence had been acquired from the success of The Cocktail Party : it had opened in London in May 1950 , just a few months after the New York opening , and , although the audiences began to fall off in November , Sherek did not feel it necessary to close the play until February 1951 . |
| 2 | It was peaceful with the plop-of the gas fire and the dark sky outside through the window , for like many old people Doris did not draw her curtains till late and Linda did not feel like going back to the bustle of tea-time , but she could n't keep them waiting for their tea . |
| 3 | But conversely ( as Mr. Utley did not feel able to dispute , although he did not formally concede the point ) a defendant who is legally aided at first instance and in the Court of Appeal , but who for any reason then ceases to be aided and incurs the full costs of successfully resisting an appeal to the House of Lords , is eligible to recover those costs from the board . |
| 4 | Out of form over a long period , Lyle did not feel that he would be able to stand the pressure . |
| 5 | But Robert did not feel able to say so . |
| 6 | The honest answer would have been to say Fuck all , but Robert did not feel inclined to do so . |
| 7 | Julia did not feel up to assessing the likelihood of that just then . |
| 8 | Mike Pumfrey did not feel called upon to reply . |
| 9 | Julian did not feel called to reform the church or to take part in public life : she remained a loyal daughter of Mother Church and stayed in seclusion for the rest of her life . |
| 10 | For the first time , Hank did not feel a pang of envy at his friend 's being already at work ; he felt he was doing better than any young policeman could hope to do . |
| 11 | Theodora did not feel up to framing one . |
| 12 | But she and Matthew had had so many cold steely little tussles these last few weeks over so many small things — like the panelling in the hall and cutting some trees down at the side of the house which she said darkened the drawing-room and which he had gone berserk about — that Sara did not feel she could be obstructive again . |
| 13 | Although Liz did not feel this was a serious relationship , she felt more confident about the future and about her ability to form other relationships . |
| 14 | After enjoying so many years of unquestioning servility from David , it infuriated him to know that Beth did not feel threatened by him . |
| 15 | But clearly Malory did not feel this urge towards exactness at all . |
| 16 | Alice would have liked to talk to her , for she felt drawn to her in some kind of kinship ; but Caroline did not feel this , it seemed . |
| 17 | Cleo did not feel at all frightened . |
| 18 | Used to the sight and the smell of the dead , Athelstan did not feel queasy , though now and again he held the pomander to his nose for a welcome respite . |
| 19 | Crilly does not feel alienated by my visits to the Heath , though he confesses to missing me by day and he is usually at home when I return . |
| 20 | With the stimulus of a wheel in his hands Patrick did not feel sleepy . |
| 21 | While they had their own ideas and theories , Diana did not feel that any of them came close to understanding the true nature of the turmoil in her heart and mind . |
| 22 | Roland did not feel able to ask if he could help . |
| 23 | Saddam does not feel the same filial affection for Nasser as , for example , Gadaffi . |
| 24 | Unlike Jane , Mark did not feel that he would have been better off taking a different subject ; he had decided that he was unsuited to any kind of academic work , although most of his friends were arts students . |
| 25 | He smiled at Muriel in a way Alice did not feel inclined to analyse , then saw Alice and nodded familiarly at her , indicating she should enter . |
| 26 | It is hard to think that Anselm did not feel some indignation on reading these words , which implied that he had read too much into Urban II's decree , and that Paschal had not himself been present when those words were spoken . |
| 27 | And she said it with such pride and such display that Clara did not feel at all obliged to conceal the amazement and delight that she felt , as she might , if confronted with a more worldly modesty , have done : for Clelia 's manner declared , this is singular this is beautiful , this may legitimately amaze , you betray no innocence in admiring this . |
| 28 | As he became a monk at Christ Church as a preliminary , it looks as though Cnut did not feel able to ride roughshod over the church of Canterbury . |
| 29 | Tony did not feel poor , because all his friends were poor too . |
| 30 | In inviting her Rachel had proclaimed the absolute acceptability to her of her daughter even though she knew that Rachel did not feel this . |