Example sentences of "he felt the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was an instant when both parties halted at gaze , no more than a quarter of a mile apart ; and though they were so far from him across the valley , he felt the shock of confrontation and recognition quiver through his own body as they measured each other . |
| 2 | ‘ And , ’ said Henry as lightly as he felt the conversation warranted . |
| 3 | A shell scored a direct hit on a petrol tank , and he felt the wave of heat from fifty yards off . |
| 4 | He felt the odds on anyone surviving such an explosion were extremely low . |
| 5 | Often at this time of day , when he felt the day 's journey should be ending or reaching a destination , but knowing that it was not , knowing that what he was looking for probably happened after everybody else had gone home , he wished that he could end his days walking at the edge of a sea or a lake so big that you could n't see its other shore . |
| 6 | He felt the hypodermic-gun pressed against his neck and tried to squirm away , struggling against the strong hand that held his shoulder , but it was too late . |
| 7 | Captain Robin Woodall said in Boston yesterday he overruled a local pilot because he felt the vessel was too close to shoals . |
| 8 | Despite himself , he felt the knife . |
| 9 | He felt the water in the pit rise up to meet him . |
| 10 | He felt the glider pulled towards the plain . |
| 11 | He felt the ghost of his earlier life round him . |
| 12 | He felt the mothers and the family , as in a different way he felt the hospital children , as a threat . |
| 13 | Seeing his friend cowering in the corner of his cage at the mercy of the teachers , he felt the tears swell up in his eyes . |
| 14 | After taking off his topee and wiping his head , he felt the boy 's pulse automatically . |
| 15 | Speechless , he felt the rope halter pressed into his hand . |
| 16 | He felt the blade of the open razor scrape against the back of his neck and again on his forehead . |
| 17 | He felt the Judge 's icy fingers and the pliable rope against his neck . |
| 18 | He felt the change to be rather like ‘ the shedding of an adolescent enthusiasm , . |
| 19 | He felt the change in her . |
| 20 | He felt the surrender and his hand moved back to her throat , his long fingers exploring again before plunging down to invade the neck of her dressing-gown and slide inside the thin cotton of her nightdress and find the eager tilt of her breast . |
| 21 | He felt the condom tear inside her . |
| 22 | He let himself out of the front door and when he was beyond the shelter of the porch he felt the sting of rain on his cheeks . |
| 23 | Like a ride in a big dipper , he felt the floor pushing up at him , gathering speed as they climbed a wave . |
| 24 | Then he felt the floor tremble beneath his feet , and a deep throated rumble rose from the bowels of the building . |
| 25 | Pink thought that he felt the admiration of his audience , and they wanted more . |
| 26 | Yet inefficiency in the command structure had hampered his efforts to keep up the pressure on Rommel 's supply lines , and in being ordered to return to base , he felt the grip of official interference . |
| 27 | He felt the things were still there , in the room . |
| 28 | He had needed to wind down after the spiralling tensions of the day , and once again he felt the company warmth and support that had sustained him through the day . |
| 29 | He felt the wreck of his face with delicate fingertips , and refused to leave the room . |
| 30 | Sister Cooney opened the French windows and he felt the air sweet on his face . |