Example sentences of "i feel a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Travelling to the Continent now I feel a gloomy foreboding , for there is a whiff of decline in the air .
2 I feel a creeping sense of hilarity in this absurd situation .
3 On deck I feel a perfect target for any sniping moron .
4 After his death , I learnt not to shut him out of my life and now I feel a comforting sense of continuity when I go through the boxes and find little notes by him which I have never seen before .
5 I feel a ridiculous disappointment .
6 I feel a new tenderness for this man who is now the father of my child .
7 I had no desire to share the fate of Galileo , with whom I feel a strong sense of identity , partly because of the coincidence of having been born exactly 300 years after his death !
8 I feel a strong affinity with him , almost a brotherly thing .
9 I feel a right Bozo
10 I feel a right clown !
11 I feel a grudging respect for his brass neck , ’ he said .
12 At times I feel a wee bit guilty having returned home to Scotland all in one piece , when so many of my friends have died or were badly injured .
13 In fact I feel a definite conflict inherent in ‘ painter 's ’ and ‘ illustrator 's ’ drawing . ’
14 I feel a complete idiot .
15 Now , thirty years later , I feel a great regret for the father of my first four years , who took me out , and who probably loved me , irresponsibly ( " it 's all right for him ; he does n't have to look after you " ) , and I wish I could tell him now , even though he was , in my sister 's words , a sod , that I 'm sorry for my years of rejection and dislike .
16 All at once I feel a great need for bed . ’
17 " Apart from being stably slimmer in that I have managed to maintain the weight loss this time , I feel a great deal better in myself .
18 So I feel a terrific relief and release that in the latter part of my business life I 've been really able to make things happen at a considerable speed .
19 But I feel a certain obligation to make amends .
20 I feel a certain sympathy for their wallflower purity , none for their legislators ' regard for the morals of others , and most for Mapplethorpe 's prophylaxis .
21 That 's why I feel a certain amount of responsibility when I 'm writing .
22 I used to miss my mother and father dreadfully when I was younger , and now I feel a certain amount of guilt that I need them so little , think of them so seldom .
23 I do n't mean that I hope Alan Ayckbourn falls under a bus , but when I see a really good piece of writing I feel a real desire to emulate .
24 I feel a sharp trill of sperm inject high .
25 Somehow I feel a subtle change within myself since our wedding .
26 An understanding of perfection fills me and I feel a deep humility .
27 In this case I feel a deep conviction that I 'm not making a mistake .
28 The June warmth has become slightly oppressive and I feel a continuing sense of strangeness , of standing slightly outside myself .
29 I feel a bizarre sense of loss and yearning .
30 I feel a lively lump inside of me and a need to keep it vital ; to keep on running though I am panting and sweating like a sore animal ; to encase it in life , to keep it moving .
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