Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] a feeling " in BNC.

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1 The network of family connections in Italy , though not in itself either a reason or motive for the policy which Napoleon III was to pursue in the peninsula , was nevertheless a help in that it did provide a useful information service and helped to create a feeling of sympathy for French policy .
2 It helped create a feeling of timelessness .
3 I 'd had a feeling I 'd seen it before , but I 'd no idea they were that good friends !
4 The circumstances of the move — from seclusion and complete vulnerability to the position of one of the world 's most powerful nations , both prewar and postwar — failed to dispel a feeling that , in the end , Japan stood alone .
5 Then I started to get a feeling that the Lord was going to move me from my present job .
6 Certainly he never became an outstanding dancer , but as a performer he did have a feeling for movement and character that enabled him to make a theatrical impact in some roles not needing much technique or classical style .
7 For the merest instant , some final , irreducible unit of desire , he had glimpsed a feeling , an urge within himself he had not imagined himself capable of , but now this tiny , standard piece of information , these few letters , had switched his hopes off like some cheap light bulb .
8 A writer in the Berliner Zeitung said the authorities ' failure to respond to complaints had created a feeling of insecurity .
9 In the pause that followed I had to stifle a feeling of panic .
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