Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [vb past] [pron] feel " in BNC.
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| 1 | Holmes ' warm words of thanks made me feel much happier , and I saw that he was right . |
| 2 | Darwin himself had little sympathy for these ideas and not much , personally , for Spencer , though he did once say — I quote Burrow ( p. 182 ) — ‘ in a moment of enthusiasm … that Spencer 's Principles of Biology made him feel that he ‘ is about a dozen times my superior ’ , and thought that Spencer might one day be regarded as the equal of Descartes and Leibniz , rather spoiling the effect by adding , ‘ about whom , however , I know very little ’ ’ . |
| 3 | The creak of a pump-handle and the answering gush of water made him feel his own thirst and taste his tongue 's rancid dryness . |
| 4 | The recurring bouts of illness made him feel he was continually living on the brink of eternity . |
| 5 | Not until I was out in the open countryside again , reassured by the songs of the birds and the murmur of streams did I feel that I had emerged from a dream and rejoined the familiar twentieth century . |
| 6 | At first he found the increase of activity made him feel healthier , but soon the exhaustion of travelling — and the waste of time involved — began to affect him . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm not a particularly patient man , and the thought of lying flat on my back for weeks made me feel almost suicidal , and if it had n't been for your parents — well , suffice to say that they were marvellous — ’ |
| 8 | The difficulties experienced in dealing with Blackpool made him feel there should be regional departments to make contact easier . |
| 9 | Only when the station buildings disappeared from sight did I feel safe from further intervention . |
| 10 | Perhaps talking to her about Rob made him feel that someone was dancing on his own grave . |
| 11 | The Nobel had afforded only a temporary alleviation of this condition : indeed , the abbreviated stay in Princeton , the rush back to England , and the trip to Stockholm made him feel worse rather than better . |
| 12 | Not even when Pam Wright went 4-up on me after four holes in the final of the Scottish at Troon did I feel in any danger . " |