Example sentences of "felt [pron] be [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I changed my first name because I actually felt I was a new person . |
| 2 | She felt I was an undesirable influence , you coming from Methodist stock . ’ |
| 3 | Before Eva had time to do a mental check list of any way that she or the students at the ICO might have offended , General Wiseman informed her that he felt she was the right person to take over leadership of the women 's social services . |
| 4 | Dot felt she was an unwanted item of luggage being sent away . |
| 5 | My Mrs Hewitt from the Lake District was so nice and I felt she was an old friend , but we wanted to talk about our Christmas shopping , not books . |
| 6 | We started a bit shaky , and took a while to adjust , but in the end we could have added to our tally , by which time I felt we were the better side . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ And while we felt we were the best team in England , we were killed by our own success . |
| 8 | ‘ I felt there was a real danger that we would turn full circle and go back to the dark days under Revie when the manager 's indecision was final . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Of course , if I felt there was a real risk , but I would n't pass it on anyway . |
| 10 | ‘ I felt there was a simple story at the heart of it , as well as the unusual content of the books , lent itself to the kind of melodramatic theatre I like . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ When I saw it here this afternoon I felt there was a tiny change . ’ |
| 12 | When asked if it was the Ministry 's intention to sell the aircraft in an airworthy condition , the spokesman explained that the aircraft was airworthy , but felt there was a good chance it may well go to a museum who would want to road the airframe away . |
| 13 | Bromley and Chislehurst bureaux handled so many disputes between neighbours that they felt there was a clear need for a specialist Neighbour Dispute Centre . |
| 14 | They were concerned about their own roles but they also felt there was no historical evidence of local authority commitment to mental health services and they therefore feared losing hard-won resources to these authorities . |
| 15 | Wester Ross , Orkney and North Wales , the areas where one felt there was the strongest community spirit , supported the role of wives . |
| 16 | They felt they were the first two up in the whole world , like Adam and Eve . |
| 17 | We were using it for drunk driving offenders and repeat traffic offenders , not so much because I felt they were the only people who were appropriate for it , but because we wanted to make sure we started with a group who were not likely to get into major trouble should the project not work out . |
| 18 | Eleanor felt they were the funniest letters she 'd ever written ; Nigel brought out the best in her writing . |
| 19 | He was conscious of being watched by unfriendly eyes which show he felt he was a stranger intruding . |
| 20 | On another occasion , and because I felt he was a remote figure of whom the public knew nothing , I asked if he would be guest at an off-the-record private dinner-party to which I would invite half a dozen senior media people such as Robin Day , Perry Worsthorne of the Sunday Telegraph , and Tony Howard of the Observer for an exchange of views . |
| 21 | Once he had decided to write the Guide Book he realised he would have to do a considerable amount of writing and although he never felt he was a good writer , his unwavering intent carried him through . |
| 22 | Like any good manager Donald Wilson chose David Whitaker to story edit Doctor Who because he felt he was the best man for the job . |
| 23 | Similarly , in the Oval Test , Sobers put in a prodigious spell of bowling , keeping at it because his captain felt he was the right bowler for the situation . |
| 24 | ‘ I felt he was the right man for the job in 1990 when he was appointed to succeed Bobby Robson . |
| 25 | I felt he was an undesirable character . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ We felt it was a worthwhile cause as we ca n't stand cruelty to animals of any sort . |
| 27 | I felt it was a nice earner all the time and now , in hindsight , I wish we had n't frittered the money away so easily . |
| 28 | It was draining , but I was grateful to any journalists prepared to listen , even if it was obvious that some papers only felt it was a good story because of the ‘ love interest ’ . |
| 29 | Then George Potter retired in 1966 , leaving this nucleus of magnolias , we felt it was a good foundation to build on , although we were careful to make a selection rather than a collection . |
| 30 | He said that ‘ Every player has their price , if the offer were 2M Id have rejected it , but as it nudged 3M I felt it was a good deal for Leeds ’ . |