Example sentences of "feel [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What an extraordinary suggestion , to put forward a girl — a charity child who was not a Sister , a novice , a postulant , nor anyone with the remotest intention of becoming a nun — and raise her up above the many Sisters in the Community who were all hoping and praying for a chance of higher education … what would they feel if a girl who had already been pampered , it seemed , by the convent in Knockglen , were put in to study , over their heads ? |
| 2 | Mr Seymour recalled the astonishment he had felt when a passenger opened the door of his driving cabin and started to hit him around the head . |
| 3 | Memory came from deep inside her and she stood entranced , feeling the same romantic dreaminess she had felt as a girl . |
| 4 | Oh , sure , about as safe as a shield of plastic wrap would make her feel if a bear were charging towards her at a full gallop . |
| 5 | How does a husband or wife , or fiance , feel when a stranger is depended upon to a greater extent than he or she may be ? |
| 6 | It feels like a lot has suddenly gone wrong . |
| 7 | Reflecting on the most traumatic period of his life , let alone his rugby career , he said : ‘ I just felt like a man reprieved . |
| 8 | Bill felt like a weight had been taken from him now that he 'd told her . |
| 9 | He was probably wrong , he acknowledged , but he felt like a woman must feel , when an attentive man undressed her . |
| 10 | Many teachers , I have found , can remember from their own schooldays the shock and guilt they felt when a teacher finally broke down in the face of what , to the class , had seemed to be ‘ just having a bit of fun ’ . |
| 11 | In particular the fearful and horrifying episodes of life with their accompanying pain are played back so that time after time we are made to suffer the same agony that we felt as a child when we had the original experience . |
| 12 | She faced him defiantly , her hands clasped behind her back , feeling like a burglar caught red-handed . |