Example sentences of "[pers pn] feel [that] [det] [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Similarly , when G. P. Jones moves from noting the greater prominence of pronouns in Shakespeare compared with other Elizabethans to the statement that his sonnets have ‘ a substantial autobiographical element ’ , and that the ‘ fluctuation between thou and you ’ shows ‘ the poet 's uncertainty about his personal , social and professional connection with his patron is at its most acute ’ , then I feel that such speculations deflect attention from the real focus of interest , the pronouns as forms of relationship .
2 And I feel that many solicitors do not do their job they do not explain fully to the purchaser what they are taking on .
3 I feel that most umpires do not consider this obvious fact , much to the bowler 's detriment .
4 I feel that these difficulties have gone on too long for there to be a realistic prospect of change in time for these children and given their improvement whilst in foster care , where they are not brought up in their parents ' conflict , it is not in the children 's interests for them to go and live with the father and that they need to be placed in an environment with permanent substitute parents , who can meet the boys ' physical , emotional , educational and social needs .
5 We have not attempted a similar exercise for this Report : we felt that such samples needed very careful selection which would take time we could not afford , and that , unless samples were numerous and lengthy , they would inevitably illustrate only a few aspects .
6 They felt that such schemes allowed young people to have direct experience of engineering rather than relying purely upon second-hand information ( from teachers or the media ) .
7 However , I know that my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House is operating under constraints and that he feels that those arrangements represent the best way to proceed .
8 He felt that these men had , ‘ an added stature which above ground they lacked ’ , and that , in spite of the work in this nether world , this place held for them , sub-consciously perhaps , an element of daily enthralment .
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