Example sentences of "felt [prep] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I felt like leaving you to him .
2 When my colleague had said that , with me sitting right beside him , I felt like punching him in the face ; it was that kind of attitude that any campaign would have to fight .
3 She felt like throwing it across the room but managed to control herself .
4 Lisa felt like slapping him for his sarcasm and his arrogance .
5 Mungo felt like patting him on the back to show him that they sympathized , but the moment passed , and anyway Mr Zamoyski might not have understood .
6 Wycliffe felt like patting him on the head , but he thanked him and saw him off with his samples , then he went back to his little office and sat staring at the wall .
7 I felt like hitting him on the back of the head with a rock .
8 Violet shook free from his grip , this dwarfish creep ; she felt like hitting him with her shoe .
9 In her early scenes , Ms Robertson 's vocalising is so strident that at times I felt like strapping her to a chair and stuffing a wad of cotton in her mouth .
10 and I mean , unless yo , and they said do n't clip it near your throat because it would I felt like clipping it round his throat !
11 She was easily impressed , but Charles felt like indulging himself in a little tour de force .
12 He felt like starting one for like-minded gentlemen .
13 The other day , in America , the driver of my car said : ‘ I do n't know how you can leave her , ’ and I felt like smacking him in the face .
14 The guilt she felt in depriving him of any pleasure was like a stitch in her side , yet the thought of the long day and the long drive were beyond acceptance .
15 She half turned to go , then stopped , unable to understand the strange reluctance she felt at leaving him with this bitter anger lying between them .
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