Example sentences of "[adv] i felt the " in BNC.

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1 Suddenly I felt the change of temperature .
2 So I felt the job was tailormade for me .
3 ‘ Saturday is usually hectic in the shop and I 'm ready for bed and a book by ten o'clock but tonight I felt the need of a nightcap .
4 He held his head defiantly lifted , as if he wished no man to see him in dejection ; somehow I felt the gesture very characteristic , and was able for the first time to recognize his arrogance .
5 It was innocent enough , yet still I felt the fear .
6 Leaping off the bed I hurtled up to the rod which by now was screaming off and picking it up I felt the line pluck nicely through my fingers ; knowing that it must be a cat on the other end gave me a real thrill .
7 After a day in the office , even I felt the benefit of the quiet ambience .
8 But even then I felt the power , deep down in my bones .
9 Then I felt the post begin to slide upwards through my hands , as if more of it were coming out of the ground .
10 By this time I was more than ready to ask Moby what she did , and how much it cost — but then I felt the full-thighed waft of a new female presence .
11 Sometimes I felt the whole world was converging on this little room .
12 I 'm sure you can imagine how I felt the next morning — I could n't move a muscle !
13 ‘ I ca n't tell you how I felt the night it finally happened ! ’ he said suddenly , his voice unsteady .
14 I was about half-way across when I felt the rear begin to swing sideways under the weight of the torrent .
15 I had fished for half an hour when I felt the line tighten .
16 Once again I felt the mysterious pleasure of being in an elevated Oxford chamber at night , among cloud and star , — so that I seemed to join in the inevitable motion of the planets , — and as I saw the sea of roofs and horned turrets and spires I knew that , although architecture is a dead language , here at least it speaks strongly and clearly , pompous as Latin , subtle as Greek .
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