Example sentences of "it felt [adj] and " in BNC.

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1 Alice 's body felt cold and closed-up and stiff except where it felt sore and vulnerable , and her mind felt sore all over .
2 Her head did not precisely ache , but it felt hollow and somehow precarious ; and she found it hard to make her muscles work so that she felt as though she might trip over her own feet or walk into the furniture .
3 Anyway , it felt weak and wrong to be free and still take the Men 's food .
4 It felt good and then the next one came after just 15 minutes .
5 Even on this hot day it felt cool and clammy to her bare feet , and then , as contrast , came the baking hot flags of the terrace .
6 It felt small and boneless .
7 She crossed to Patrick 's bed and rested her hand on his forehead ; it felt hot and his cheeks were certainly flushed — but perhaps that might be nothing more than the heat in the room .
8 Temperatures were in the high seventies and with the absence of any wind it felt sticky and humid .
9 It moulded itself about her waist and it felt warm and rather safe , as if it might be armouring her against the evils in here .
10 It felt warm and sheltered .
11 It felt warm and reassuring .
12 She was wheeled to the lift , with Belinda at her side , and it felt strange and yet very familiar to be plunged into the atmosphere of a large hospital again after four months away .
13 Suddenly it felt dark and oppressive in the little office , heavy with all the unhappiness there 'd ever been in the Demdyke house .
14 When the Emperor Khai Dinh offered his slim , feminine hand to Joseph it felt limp and damp , and although the American boy murmured his farewell politely in French , the sovereign did n't raise his head to look at him .
15 It felt soft and firm .
16 It felt heavy and lifeless , in much the same way as it had felt that day in Spain when he had gone off the road .
17 She had known as soon as they had arrived at the lodge that her heart had made the right decision , even though it felt irresponsible and utterly childish to be spending a summer like this , at her age , and after all the work she had done to put the initials MD after her name .
18 It felt tense and afraid .
19 It felt tight and hot in spite of being made of the softest combed cotton .
20 As a child he had done the same thing , as a game ; something to make life more interesting , give It some purpose , then he had begun to have dreams about it , to come to realise that it was real , that he had had an insight when he started to play the game , He had to do it now ; it felt horrible and uncomfortable when he tried to stop , even just to see what it was like walking down a street breathing " normally " .
21 It felt chilly and late .
22 It felt cold and good and free .
23 But it felt safe and familiar as it always did , with the sounds of chewing and the smell of sweat and cow-dung and half-eaten hay .
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