Example sentences of "felt the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shelley felt the familiar pang of heartache and lost love as their eyes met . |
| 2 | Instead he covered her quivering lips with his own , and at once Robbie felt the familiar tightness in her chest , the growing warmth in the pit of her stomach . |
| 3 | Slipping into the bed Sarah looked down on the white-blonde head and felt the familiar tightening in her guts . |
| 4 | As her mouth touched his , she felt the familiar stiffening of his body and his hands fell to his sides . |
| 5 | As they lit their cigarettes Maura felt the familiar annoyance wash over her . |
| 6 | ‘ I know what was happening as soon as I felt the familiar ache in my lower back and a rush of blood , ’ she says . |
| 7 | For a long moment they gazed silently into each other 's eyes , and she felt the familiar tug of longing deep in her stomach . |
| 8 | Peter Yeo felt a headache starting , and felt the familiar pressure just above the right eye worsen with the realization that in precisely five minutes he would be needed in a meeting . |
| 9 | She watched as he crossed the meadow and felt the familiar jolt in the pit of her stomach as he came near . |
| 10 | She felt the familiar surge of irritation mixed with guilt . |
| 11 | The set of his mouth suggested that he was angry , and Lindsey felt the dull colour rising in her cheeks as she wondered why . |
| 12 | felt the dull fear of a lost child . |
| 13 | His voice sounded rough in the quiet kitchen ; he cleared his throat , coughed , and felt the dull pounding of his headache suddenly sharpen . |
| 14 | Theodora felt the rare experience of anger . |
| 15 | Already , as Luke raised her hand to his mouth , response was quivering to life deep down in the heart of her femininity , flickering and then leaping as she felt the sensual brush of his lips . |
| 16 | As she felt the sensual warmth of his mouth touching hers and then taking it , Maria knew that the situation was already out of control . |
| 17 | Foster screamed in panic as he felt the cruel steel slice his flesh , and he threw himself bodily away from his attacker , hitting the ground in a rolling break-fall and spraying himself with his own urine as he did so . |
| 18 | At last he was naked and she felt the rough touch of his skin slide over her , bearing her down . |
| 19 | The Questura was barely fifty metres down the hill , but it was below the surface , and as Zen walked there from his hotel he felt the invisible moisture beading his newly shaved skin . |
| 20 | Some of the early groups joining the Modular Course as they faced the same problem of replacing London external degrees ( humanities and social science ) felt the strong hand of management as they exercised their ‘ academic ’ decision to join . |
| 21 | If England felt the recent victory of the armada against Spain to be a confirmation of God 's approval of the English as an important elected and reformed people ( a view Spenser allegorically depicts in The Faerie Queene , Bk V , VIII ) , Spenser , in projecting the English as inheriting mantels of both classical and Christian supremacy , is inflating the need for subjecting Ireland to a moral conquest of epic proportions . |
| 22 | North Yorkshire chief executive Ron Leyland said they were glad to be among the first considered but felt the present system worked well . |
| 23 | Christopher Wood 's last New York exhibition on this theme was held at the Shepherd in 1985 and he felt the present time to be right for another one , particularly given the slackness of the London market at present . |
| 24 | In addition , schools are looking very carefully at their own effectiveness and I felt the total Quality Improvement Process might be a useful instrument in this self-examination . |
| 25 | Laura leant forward , and , taking a good handful , felt the close knitting between linger and thumb . |
| 26 | Balanced across his knees as she was , Paige felt the close proximity of his broad chest begin to impinge on her consciousness . |
| 27 | ‘ I mean — ’ Biff 's tongue was loosening now that he felt the pleasant glow of heat at the back of his skull . |
| 28 | She had had to wean herself off the dope over a period of years , and still felt the occasional urge for a H-9 hit . |
| 29 | As a consequence of this initial perception he felt the general awareness of all staff had to be built — and built rapidly . |
| 30 | Like other churches , Methodism felt the overwhelming influence of the 1859 Revival in Ulster , when in under a year 100000 people in the Province were converted to Christ . |