Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [verb] not feel " in BNC.
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| 1 | So many of our dreams , however , are mixtures of fact and fantasy that I do not feel any great reliance can be placed on what seem to be insights into our former lives when we are asleep . |
| 2 | If others point out to me that I always shirk opportunities to get something which I earnestly insist that I desire more than anything else in the world , I shall be persuaded to relinquish it as an end only if on reflection I am forced to admit to myself that I do not feel about it as strongly as I supposed . |
| 3 | Now that I am here I am aware of straining towards an intensity of response that I do not feel . |
| 4 | I fully appreciate and feel the force of the narrowness of the distinctions which are taken between what is admissible and what is not admissible , but the exception presently proposed is so extensive that I do not feel able to support it in the present state of our knowledge of its practical results in this jurisdiction . |
| 5 | The conference was helpful in suggesting ways to act and by providing solidarity so that I do not feel alone . |
| 6 | In this epistle he indicates that he himself , at the time of writing , is a solitary attracted by the disciplined life of service in a religious order , but does not feel any burning conviction that that is his calling : I confess , alas , that I do not feel that burning spiritual desire for entry into religion , inspired by that divine grace , as it ought to be felt by those who from zealous devotion and pure desire of the mind plan to enter religion … |
| 7 | The result is that it is very complex ; in addition , I must note that quite a few words are given stress patterns that I do not feel are acceptable in present-day English . |
| 8 | I was so bruised and exhausted that I did not feel strong enough to walk home , and although I did not want to , I had to spend the night at Wuthering Heights . |
| 9 | Yes , it was Sam had it back off Miss Harker , ’ she concluded with a confidence that she did not feel . |
| 10 | She then had to visualize walking slowly towards them , knowing that she could stop whenever she wanted to so that she did not feel that she was being compelled to go near these birds . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm a shoemaker , sir , ’ she said , forcing a confidence into her voice that she did not feel . |
| 12 | Faced with Faye 's genuine kindness , which surfaced frequently to soften the more ruthless , temperamental side of her personality , Belinda could not admit that she did not feel comfortable in the dress , so she said quite sincerely , ‘ That 's so lovely of you , Faye . |
| 13 | It was surprising that she did not feel embarrassed at being caught in floods of tears . |
| 14 | And , ii seven o'clock comes and you are aware that you do not feel hungry — do n't eat . |
| 15 | If you are aware that you do not feel tired , try staying up a little later — it has to be better than lying there wondering why you ca n't get to sleep . |
| 16 | It is easy to blame the pressure of daily life and the stress it causes for the fact that we do not feel as well as we should like — and , indeed , in many cases an excess of stress and tension may be the cause . |
| 17 | Kernaghan added : ‘ We have played so many cup-ties this season that we do not feel any pressure . ’ |
| 18 | Some teachers told the evaluators that they did not feel justified in talking to pupils about the girls and science problem , and gave the impression that they felt to do so would be tantamount to propaganda . |
| 19 | He said the NHS should address itself more to the needs of cancer patients so that they do not feel they have to go outside the system . |
| 20 | Nurses working for agencies may often be telephoned and asked to undertake an assignment that they do not feel very confident about . |
| 21 | For where it has been drawn is everywhere ; from the insistence of Thorndike , and the early behaviourists like Watson and Hull , that all is to be explained , including human behaviour , in terms of conditioned reflexes , to the open-handedness of well-meaning liberationists like Rollin who argue that even worms and sea anemones should be given the benefit of the doubt since we can not be certain that they do not feel pain and therefore have a consciousness ( 1981 : 31 ) . |
| 22 | I 'm sure those people whose first language is Welsh — a language that has an unbroken oral history stretching back farther than any other currently spoken European language — or any language other than English , would agree that it does not feel ‘ more natural ’ to use their mother tongue — simply ‘ natural ’ , full stop . |
| 23 | As we lower him into his pauper 's grave , we may safely assume that he does not feel seriously deprived at having to miss the Rumbelow 's Cup final or the Pilkington Glass European Badminton Championships . |
| 24 | One of the big problems the widower does have is that he does not feel so free to express his grief to others by weeping when he talks of his wife , their life together and the events that led up to her death . |
| 25 | A person may say that he feels a pain in his foot , but it is obvious that he does not feel it as he might feel a pin in his foot . |
| 26 | The latter may simply reply that he does not feel it is in the public 's interest , or that the Police Authority does not strictly require it to effectively carry out its duties . |
| 27 | He taught her that the sacrament of the eucharist was so big that he did not feel that he had finished with it when he came home after the service at 8 a.m. on Sunday morning . |
| 28 | His wife was lurking in the basement all the time Eleanor was there , so that he did not feel safe getting close . |
| 29 | And with a calm purpose that he did not feel he went out into the street . |
| 30 | The other horses clonked and snorted softly in the darkness behind their partitions , so that he did not feel at all alone , but in a sort of family . |