Example sentences of "but she felt [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she felt refreshed . |
| 2 | Defries could n't see any alternative , but she felt obliged to point out the difficulties . |
| 3 | He always kept a distance from her , but she felt sure he knew who she was . |
| 4 | Underneath this she wore black cotton trousers — ideally these should have been made of silk , but she felt sure no one would notice . |
| 5 | She did n't know how he would do it but she felt sure he would . |
| 6 | Virginia wanted to run after him , but she felt frozen , riveted to the ground . |
| 7 | She did n't know what made her say it but she felt proud , a lovely , running excitement went through her , like water . |
| 8 | People were all around her but she felt distant . |
| 9 | She was sober now but she felt ghastly . |
| 10 | They had not been talking about the Dane , but she felt disinclined to revert to a discussion about the ease with which Vitor could persuade her to go to bed with him . |
| 11 | Not that Dorothea minded their laughing at her but she felt protective towards her idea . |
| 12 | She went to Druid 's Bottom but she felt tongue-tied there . |
| 13 | But she felt sorry for him now . |
| 14 | She knew she ought not to agree , but she felt guilty about the accident , and surely a public meeting could n't hurt ? |
| 15 | She was at home on the lonely hills , but she felt guilty surrounded by innocent nature . |
| 16 | She had not known him long enough to become accustomed to the impact of his looks , but she felt confident she could hide any extra fluttering of the pulse which he gave her . |
| 17 | Oddly enough , she was n't in pain when she came round , and she said she did n't know what they 'd shot into her , but she felt great and wished she could score some . |
| 18 | She could n't feel any direct effect from the brandy , but she felt looser and more able to talk . |
| 19 | With this Tamar had to be satisfied , but she felt mutinous . |
| 20 | Patriotism was all very well , but she felt this was going over the top . |
| 21 | Outside the window the sun was still shining , but she felt cold and lonely . |
| 22 | The room was warm , but she felt cold , as her father 's eyes sadly searched her face . |
| 23 | The whole route was lined by men of the Cent-Gardes , whose immobility was such that according to one guest ‘ they might have been statues ’ , but she felt unable to study them in detail , so terrified was she of slipping on the highly polished parquet that her whole mind was fixed on arriving safely at the dining room . |
| 24 | Ruth had no idea what he meant , but she felt pierced ; she remembered the cup in her pocket and was conscious of a need to fight through her fear , grip the cup , hand it to her father . |
| 25 | Today she had brought sandwiches , as she wanted to spend her lunch hour writing personal letters , but she felt reluctant to reveal to this young man the name of the little restaurant near Westminster Abbey , run by gentlewomen , where she often lunched . |
| 26 | Gabriel had given her a reasonable , sensible answer , as she knew he would , but she felt annoyed with his cool advice . |
| 27 | He took no special notice of her , but she felt welcome , and when he was explaining some method of or reason for the cultivation of certain trees , she sensed he was talking to her as much as to the boys and girls around them . |
| 28 | Initially , Wendy received six-monthly inseminations , but she felt ill-at-ease : ‘ They were always done so impersonally and I was going through such an emotional , personal experience . ’ |