Example sentences of "[not/n't] feel [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In spite of his expressed desire to soak up atmosphere , he did not feel at home there .
2 He said there are parts of Britain including Leicester , Bradford and East London where ‘ you can not feel at home ’ and warned of a ‘ tidal wave of North Africans poised to flood into the UK . ’
3 Psychiatrists do not feel at ease testifying in court today , according to one author of the report , Dr Loren Roth , who is director of the Law and Psychiatry Institute and Clinic at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania .
4 Those messages like ‘ Little boys do n't cry ’ , ‘ Keep a stiff upper lip ’ and ‘ Maintain a brave face ’ make it very difficult to describe experiences where we did not feel in control and did not appear invulnerable .
5 He lay back , resting his head on his hands that were clasped behind him , closing his eyes even though he did not feel like sleep .
6 But it did not feel like drugs .
7 She liked wearing the cap ; it made her feel different , as did the long grey coat that went down to the top of her boots , because then she did not feel like Millie Forester , whose mother and father were dead and had no-one belonging to her , except the fat woman and the man with short legs , but more like a princess who , every now and again , donned strange clothes and went out among the common people , and was kind to them , and yet always remained a princess under the disguise .
8 These had been regular church-goers in the Caribbean but had not felt at home in the more restrained worship of the British churches , and some had felt cold-shouldered by the white members .
9 A sensation she had not felt for months — of muted excitement and expectation — went through her .
10 One of them was that he opened his morning newspaper with an enthusiasm he had not felt for years .
11 This proposal has become known as " Saint-Venant 's principle " , often interpreted as implying that local eccentricities of stress are not felt in distances greater than the largest linear dimension of the area over which the forces are distributed .
12 The most common culinary crises were narrowed down to : seduction cuisine — how to cook a romantic dinner to impress ; budget cuisine , coronary cuisine , comfort cuisine — for those not feeling on top of the world ; spoil yourself cuisine — for anyone on their own ; student cuisine ; survival cuisine — for those who 've never had to cook for themselves before ; sports cuisine — for those needing a carbohydrate boost before a sporting activity ; trim cuisine — for cooks wanting to entertain but still stick to a diet ; creep cuisine — to impress the boss ; and finally , oat cuisine — for vegetarians , of course !
13 Though everyone was behind Sheehan as she strove to become only the thirteenth entrant to the Hall of Fame , it was difficult not to feel for Dawn Coe-Jones .
14 ‘ If you get the average man who does n't feel under threat married to the average women who does , he can dismiss her fears . ’
15 People have criticised us with some justification , but I do n't feel under pressure .
16 We recruit uniformed officers into plain clothes so that people like yourself , who are being eliminated , wo n't feel under pressure .
17 so 's tonight I 'm a different person cos I 've put make up and I went and got my hair done and I feel different tonight but I do n't feel under pressure that I have to wear make up all the time cos nobody treats me any different whether I 've got make up on or whether
18 They did n't feel for example they could go into the advice centre , they did n't feel it was for them .
19 ‘ Be that as it may , ’ she hurried on , ‘ I would n't feel at home here , beautiful though it is , ’ she admitted in strangled tones .
20 ‘ What you 're saying , then , is that you do n't feel at ease with me , because you do n't know me very well . ’
21 He did n't feel like company , however blonde , young or willing .
22 I did n't feel like conversation .
23 I do n't feel like jokes . ’
24 Except for occasional — rare — meals at a nearby restaurant , they never went out , sending out for meals when they did n't feel like cooking , while Luke no longer even accompanied her to the various work-connected functions she sometimes had to attend at weekends , dealing with business matters of his own or else remaining at the apartment while she was out .
25 Does n't feel like Sunday does it ?
26 Segat is also frequently used to ‘ explain ’ why one has chosen not to do something , collect rattan for sale , for example , or attend a curing seance : ‘ Egng ng segat ci'niib ’ ( ‘ I do n't feel like walking [ that far ] ’ ) .
27 Shelley and Rosie were lying by the pool one afternoon , Rosie did n't feel like swimming , complaining of indigestion , so Shelley stayed with her under the trees , totally idle and satisfied in the all-pervading heat .
28 Now , I know you do n't feel like food , but you must try some of the soup Annunziata has made .
29 it do n't feel like Friday today probably cos I 've had a day off
30 He did n't feel like eating , and even breathing had become a painful labour .
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