Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] feel " in BNC.
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| 1 | The garden for them should feel like an extra sitting room , gnat-ridden perhaps , damp occasionally , but an important overflow of living space . |
| 2 | When visiting a foreign country , for example , I may feel that I have reason to obey its laws on the ground that if I do not I may bring the reputation of my university into disrepute . |
| 3 | The back row played well and so did the front three , so any optimism I may feel about the future is well grounded . |
| 4 | I may feel guilty because my father died young , because I masturbate , because I earn too little or too much , because I have wind . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm sure I will have the support of Mr McWhirter in any representations I may feel called upon to make to the Board , ’ said the headmaster . |
| 6 | providing , and you 've been living off capital in that way , and and and I 'm not prepared to do that , but I do think there is strong case for borrowing , er , providing it 's kept in in that in in er er under control at this time , and borrowing , I may feel that we will be able to be in a much better position to take our capital receipts and use them advantageously in the future . |
| 7 | Friends are always saying how frustrated I must feel , how unfulfilled , never to have played for England . |
| 8 | Such an appeal was not to be resisted , but first I had to tell Meehan that if I did look into his case , I must feel myself free to come to whatever conclusions my investigations led me , ‘ whether in your favour or not ’ . |
| 9 | I ca n't see , but I must feel , or my heart will stop , and my brain will burst ! |
| 10 | I must feel kin |
| 11 | ‘ I used to have the impression that I should feel almost privileged to work at certain big-name establishments when I saw the size of my pay packet , and I never used to know my general manager . |
| 12 | Or , apropos of the necessity of having a good historical imagination when reading , ‘ I had much rather know what I should feel like if I adopted the beliefs of Lucretius than how Lucretius would have felt if he had never entertained them . ’ |
| 13 | Since I hated the police , it was natural that I should feel myself aligned with the prostitutes . |
| 14 | In view of the circumstances of his team 's downfall , perhaps the most ironic touch about the final was that Chapman had said in the Sunday Express a week before the game : ‘ I know nothing of the art of clairvoyance , but I should feel happier if someone would foretell me the vital incident which is almost sure to decide the match . |
| 15 | there would be a practical advantage in uniting some official knowledge of their wants as well as your artistic skill , on the one hand , with my own claims , whatever they may be considered to be , on the other ; and were they to honour us by proposing a joint appointment , I can only say that I should feel much satisfaction in undertaking this great work in conjunction with a brother Architect for whom I have so great a respect as yourself … |
| 16 | And I should feel better having the knowledge that you were nearby if I suddenly became unhinged . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ If anyone could see into my heart , I should feel quite ashamed ’ , he wrote to his wife . |
| 18 | I should feel my self higley gratefied in this favour from you for hur , & hope you will parden the libertey I take in this Important solicitation for my sister |
| 19 | This is n't what I should feel for him . |
| 20 | He suggests I should take responsibility for the actions of abusing men — that I should feel the guilt they obviously do not . |
| 21 | My mother would bring me China tea and toast , succulent with butter , and I would eat it , knowing that afterwards I should feel sick and heavy . |
| 22 | What I felt was quite different from what I decided I should feel two days ago . |
| 23 | She 's feeling what she thinks I should feel and she 's living my life . |
| 24 | I — think if I had some fresh air today I should feel much better , if I went down to the sea , perhaps . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ You simply did what you wanted to do with no thought or care as to how I should feel . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Now why should you think I would be harbouring thoughts of revenge , unless … ’ she let a silence grow ‘ … you know a very good reason why I should feel that way ? ’ |
| 27 | I am so particularly pleased with these , that I should feel much gratified by possessing a duplicate copy of each . |
| 28 | Though I should feel grateful , she decided . |
| 29 | However ghastly I might feel , however feeble , I was n't drowning in blood . |
| 30 | Before I ever had healing I was told that I might feel tingling or warmth , but alas , I can not truthfully say that I ever felt either , although of course , with hands laid on you , or just above you , there must be the sensation of touch . |