Example sentences of "feel a [adv] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have always felt a little uncomfortable about the interim stage . |
| 2 | I might have felt a little downcast at that point , only the evening had made me feel more encouraged about my prospects with her than I 'd felt for some time . |
| 3 | She 'd feel a little sorry for the little girl if she blacked out in the race and fell under all those hooves . |
| 4 | You might feel a little guilty about taking someone else 's cherries , but you might also take one or two from the side and hope that the rightful owner would n't notice . |
| 5 | Thank you , i do you feel a little uneasy at changing operational requirements based on er an assessment of a threat in nineteen ninety two , ninety three , which I presume would have to remain valid until two thousand and twenty . |
| 6 | Dorian liked him , but why did he feel a little afraid of him ? |
| 7 | ‘ I should n't think there have been any shortage of women in your life who would have been delighted to make a home for you anywhere in the world ! ’ she told him waspishly , disliking the way he was making her feel a little sorry for him . |
| 8 | erm until some of the people who are putting a lot of pressures on schools to do different things are prepared to resolve some of these contradictions , I think the teachers feel that they 're being continually criticised by different groups for not doing different things , many of which are mutually contradictory , erm and not surprisingly they feel a little defensive in this situation . |
| 9 | Although Jessamy still felt a little sorry for Eleanor , she did n't want to stay in the same room as her . |
| 10 | She was relieved to be out in the cool night air , but the journey home was an awkward one and she felt a little sorry for herself as she waited for her second bus . |
| 11 | I felt a little sorry for the old fellow . |
| 12 | For some reason she felt a little disappointed for them . |
| 13 | Offered to the museum for £800 by Hans Calmann , who subsequently lowered the price to £550 as the Committee ‘ felt a little uncertain about the Bust — or rather , I should say whether we should pay up ’ because a bust of the same period ‘ more certainly by Foggini ’ had been purchased by the V&A for £80 a few years before . |
| 14 | I culled the German newspapers for new words and idioms and felt a little smug for having done ‘ something useful ’ . |
| 15 | Although Mr Brown normally enjoys his independence and likes his fiat , he admitted to sister that he felt a little apprehensive about going home . |
| 16 | Louisa felt a little helpless before his diffident manner , and she was surprised when Emilia insisted that she remain in the room throughout Frere 's third visit ; surprised and discomfited , for it was not a happy interview . |
| 17 | Although she felt a little guilty about letting him do it Sally found she quite liked the feel of his fingers stroking her flesh and teasing her nipples but when he tried to put his hand up her skirt beneath her scratchy petticoats she tried to stop him . |
| 18 | I felt a little guilty at leaving the Websters , as we had developed quite a good relationship . |
| 19 | Indeed , I felt a little frightened of the prospect of being torn from there , torn like ivy from a solid wall that had borne me through more than three years of my short life . |
| 20 | ‘ Look , Adam , ’ she said at last , ‘ I admit I felt a little peculiar for a while , but whatever it was has passed and I 'm absolutely fine now . |
| 21 | I felt a little ashamed of these purchases . |
| 22 | She felt a little ashamed of herself as the close-up revealed a skin no longer young under the false bloom of youth . |
| 23 | I felt a little embarrassed about putting myself forward , but she nagged me until I wrote a letter and posted it off . |
| 24 | Jess got the impression she felt a little embarrassed at having been so frank before a servant . |
| 25 | At the time Mitchell felt a little embarrassed by the Nobel Prize , as he thought scientific effort was essentially collaborative . |
| 26 | Jeanie felt a little afraid of Miss Hazelwood 's tits . |
| 27 | For the first time , Isobel felt a little afraid of him , as all the suppressed fury of a rejected child came pouring out in the music . |
| 28 | She felt a little afraid of the Gryphon and the Mock Turtle , because they were so large . |
| 29 | If your vagina feels a little dry during intercourse use a lubricant such as KY Jelly to ease the problem of friction and bruising . |
| 30 | With the certainly massive costs of the exercise ( just how high they were I have not discovered ) it is a pity to feel a little uncertain about the validity of the work . |