Example sentences of "can feel " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dig in when you can feel flower heads starting to form at the base . |
| 2 | Your limbs can ache and your muscles can feel weak . |
| 3 | Dance is a physical manifestation and dancers only become expressive when they can feel the movements both physically and emotionally , and when they are inspired by the choreographer 's interpretation and enthusiasm . |
| 4 | Without him there is no other character with whom the audience can feel sympathy . |
| 5 | Packing the side pockets requires some skill to balance the weight on either side , or the sack can feel uncomfortably lopsided . |
| 6 | As kennel dogs Graham does n't feel they really thrive , as they have thin coats and can feel the cold . |
| 7 | He lives for us , we can feel him kicking inside the idea 's belly , because the bridge-builder who does no bridge-building is vitalized by the nobody to be and nowhere to go of Dostoevsky 's inexhaustible inventive fascination . |
| 8 | Eurodisney and its advisers , SG Warburg , can feel confident that the issue will go well because of the interest already shown in France , where half the £607m of shares will be issued . |
| 9 | Only poor Webb , still in plaster but determined to be back in the side in time for Italy , can feel discouraged by the way he brought it off . |
| 10 | As I walk round the croft I can feel a strange sensation in my stomach , a feeling not unlike fear , and I now know that she is dead . |
| 11 | They can feel cold at first but they do warm up quickly and in warmer conditions the modern micro-fibre fabrics commonly used do n't feel sticky in the way that older nylon linings did . |
| 12 | If the agent knows that a publisher , a record company and a manager have all invested , at least he or she can feel there are a number of people needing this act to be successful . |
| 13 | We , d jam , going through things like ‘ I Can Feel The Fire ’ from Ron Wood 's solo album which was out around that time . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , I would advocate studying some subject in depth , not necessarily as an undergraduate , so that you can feel you have really mastered it at some stage in your career . |
| 15 | Gloomy interior can feel claustrophobic , front legroom is plentiful but cramped in the rear . |
| 16 | I can feel this happy feeling bubbling in my tummy . |
| 17 | I can feel the lorries every time they go past — the ground sort of shakes like a whatnot — an earthquake . |
| 18 | It 's weird walking on it — I can feel my feet sink into it like I 'm walking on rubber . |
| 19 | Anyone can work out who the ‘ subspecies ’ Marxomanni , Mussolimini and Swastici are meant to represent , but they do not really play an important part in the story , since we can feel that John , the Pilgrim , is not really tempted or overwhelmed by them , any more than Lewis ever felt the slightest inclination to become a Maminst or a Fascist . |
| 20 | Citizens ' Advice Bureaux can also put compulsive spenders in touch with debt counsellors , who are able to assess their clients ' finances and thus establish an escape from what can feel like a financial swamp . |
| 21 | One can feel the painter , at first with gestures that are almost childish , and later like a strong , fully grown man , emptying his body of energy and liquids so as to leave traces to prove that he had physically existed . |
| 22 | Hardy , who has twice failed to win the European title , can feel somewhat fortunate to be matched with the International Boxing Federation champion , Orlando Canizales of Mexico , in Sunderland on January 24 . |
| 23 | I can feel the British people moving very fast towards a position we 've held with some electoral drag for a number of years . |
| 24 | You can feel the vitamins going into your body ! ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Just so their beastly readers can feel sorry for her . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You can feel his absence . |
| 27 | ‘ I found a good place on the bus , on the top deck , right at the front , where you can feel the warmth coming up through a grating ’ ( here and there a head nodded understandingly ) ‘ and see the view . |
| 28 | Sportily firm , is the phrase that comes to mind — though you can feel the bumps , they 're nicely cushioned . |
| 29 | You can feel the leg muscles really hardening as you pedal hard up a hill . |
| 30 | While it is easy to see how those people who took the aggressive martial language of Paisley and others as justification for violence can feel used , such an analysis over-simplifies and fails correctly to identify the ‘ respectable ’ Protestant 's view of the law and the genuine dilemmas of loyalism . |