Example sentences of "she felt sure " in BNC.

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1 She felt sure that they could haul Simon out with it .
2 He was n't queer , she felt sure , so did he have a woman every now and again she wondered ?
3 And yet , she felt sure now , it was this that was in her mother 's mind because , as far as her mother knew , her cousin was childless .
4 Then she rode home feeling a bit ashamed that she had n't been as brave as she felt sure a proper Brownie ought to have been in face of danger .
5 It seemed so terrible to see this old , old man amidst these beautiful surroundings , when nothing , she felt sure , could give him any pleasure now .
6 Now in every corner , wherever she looked , the ghosts of the past seemed to be congregating to mock her until she felt sure she must be going mad .
7 She felt sure that Allen had been wrong about the white horse .
8 Although so alike physically , she felt sure that Jonna would not stand up to his father 's rage , as George would have done .
9 She felt sure that plans must have been well advanced for the action they intended to take , and she thought that councillors should have been asked to approve the use of emergency guidelines at that time .
10 She felt sure and confident that they were true .
11 From there she hopped to the pond at the back of the school , for she felt sure that she could hide safely there in the weeds and rushes while she tried to find some solution to her appalling problem .
12 He always kept a distance from her , but she felt sure he knew who she was .
13 She felt sure that Nan would know everyone in UCD in days .
14 She felt sure that Freddie Nash was as in love with her as she was with him for there was hardly a day when they did not manage to meet , often in Jock Hallett 's cottage , where their mutual passion , already discovered at The Angel , seemed to intensify .
15 The editor said she felt sure her information was correct , and could she have Henry 's address and telephone number ?
16 It gave her confidence and she felt sure that she could hold her own against the Italian guests .
17 Like Miss Honey , she felt sure both ears were going to come off at any moment with all the weight that was on them .
18 Even so , she felt sure that it was something to do with her , that there should only have been the Maxwell girl there .
19 It was for Signora Kettering and her English upbringing told her that it was unthinkable to open letters addressed to someone else ; and yet as she came down the stairs and met the driver she had been taken , as she felt sure she was meant to be taken , for Signora Kettering .
20 The adrenalin hurt : her shallow , panicked respiration frizzed in her brain and her heart beat so fast she felt sure it would burst .
21 Rosie said she felt sure Ernest would be very pleased .
22 She felt sure that she and Gilbert could have some interesting conversations .
23 Climbing to the top of a precipice in the company of a psychopath was not something she would have considered in her normal state of mind , she felt sure .
24 In defying Charlotte to contradict him , he was on safe ground , for she knew — as she felt sure he did — which of them Holly would believe .
25 She said she had held the document back for so long because she was afraid it would re-open old wounds for my mother and because she felt sure it was better for us not to know what it contained . ’
26 She felt sure that , any second , the wood must splinter and the attacker would be inside .
27 She felt sure that one of those burning houses was her own and fear for her mother drove her on .
28 Underneath this she wore black cotton trousers — ideally these should have been made of silk , but she felt sure no one would notice .
29 The taunting suggestions were made with mock-gravity aimed , she felt sure , at maximum provocation .
30 Her heart was pounding so rapidly that she felt sure he must hear it .
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