Example sentences of "feel for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During it , the reader is put in a position with the boys — you want them to succeed , and no real sympathy is felt for the pigs . |
| 2 | Any guilt she many have felt for the loss of her son did not affect her longevity . |
| 3 | The saga , which was illustrated with his own naïve pen-and-ink drawings , had its origins in the compassion he had felt for the sufferings of the animals in the past war ( ‘ If we made [ them ] take the same chances as we did ourselves , why did we not give them similar attention when wounded ? ’ ) and in the letters about an imaginary horse surgery that he had written home from the front to his two children , Elizabeth and Colin ( the latter of whom habitually called himself Dr Dolittle ) . |
| 4 | She can not feel for the child she hurts . |
| 5 | My son did n't live more than a few hours , but I can feel for the parents of that little girl . |
| 6 | Whatever sympathy one might feel for the restaurateur in the present case ( or for any other defendant who might suffer economic loss , social ostracism , shame or intimidation as a result of publication of details pending charges which may or may not result in his conviction ) nothing in the present case comes close to satisfying Lord Diplock 's test . |
| 7 | Twice before she 'd had proposals of marriage and had rejected them because she could n't feel for the men they came from . |
| 8 | Defendants are entitled to give evidence of their honest state of mind , and to explain why their dominant motive , irrespective of any dislike they may feel for the plaintiff , was to comment on a matter of public interest . |
| 9 | One can only feel for the Jesuits : when their Order was dissolved in 1777 , they had only enjoyed the finished church for two years . |
| 10 | The Literary Critic does n't understand English ; still less does it have any feel for the aesthetics of the language . |
| 11 | So I do feel for the chump who , late for a smart dinner party , dashes into the local off-licence and forks out £50 for a bottle of Mouton Rothschild 1988 . |
| 12 | To get an approximate feel for the size of the loss , in 1985 according to the National Income and Expenditure " Blue Book " , £4046 million was spent on gas , out of total consumers ' expenditure of £213,208 million . |
| 13 | They should have a good feel for the sector 's long-term confidence . |
| 14 | Perhaps the most resonant phrases in the whole debate came from the pro-rights organiser who suggested that future centuries would come to regard our attitude to animals with the same horrified disbelief we now feel for the periods which practised slavery . |
| 15 | And somehow , from the warmth we all feel for the soundtracks of our adolescence and the prevalent loathing some of us feel for the current torpor of the charts , he has managed to fashion something comically incendiary . |
| 16 | By the time the area basic training course starts , trainees should have a good feel for the work of their bureau , and CAB policy and practice . |
| 17 | Wexford watched him feel for the girl 's hand , but she was occupied with Mrs Hatton , dabbing at her face and smoothing her hair . |
| 18 | Neither the Lamoureux nor ‘ Symphony Orchestra ’ in the early 1930s were first rate ensembles technically , but the authentic feel for the music is there , no mistake about it . |
| 19 | The basic structure and feel for the balances of nature ’ , as she describes it , inform her abstract work , itself often initially inspired by her landscape watercolours . |
| 20 | Natural gut strings are favoured by the professional players because of their ‘ playability ’ — their sensitivity and feel for the ball . |
| 21 | Even when the swing is slightly out of tune , the really good golfer has such good feel for the ball and where it ought to go that he can produce a respectable shot most of the time . |
| 22 | However , the rider 's feel for the mare was sure . |
| 23 | Like the craftsman , the strategic visionary would appear to develop strategic perception as much through practice and gut-level feel for the business , product , market and technology as through conscious cognition . |
| 24 | Erm I feel for the quality of the show that they 're seeing , two pound fifty is is nothing . |
| 25 | It has long been recognized that reading can provide young pupils with the chance to develop a general ‘ feel for the language ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ I feel for the place , ’ he says , ‘ and they need someone here to look after it . ’ |
| 27 | This pretty island is only an hour away by ferry so you will have plenty of time to get a real feel for the island and begin to enjoy its special magic before it is time to leave . |
| 28 | Tora ! is well in order , both to get a general feel for the events of the day and to regain an appreciation of the efforts expended to bring the saga to the wide screen . |
| 29 | I feel for the spider living in his strange world , this master craftsman who has been commissioned to beautify a small corner with his delicate work , and when the dew drops fall , for an instant , the world is made luminous and is transfigured . |
| 30 | None of the characters he meets comes alive ( designer Wayne Cherry is the nearest ) , and the dramatic feel for the politicking , pressures and personal fears and obsessions that so enlivened Kidder 's book is lacking . |