Example sentences of "he feel a [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 By looking for faults in his behaviour , by constantly diminishing him with little criticisms — he neglected their boy ( at school in Randung ) , he was cold , he was selfish , he was an inadequate and clumsy lover ( did she dare ) , he never listened to other people , he had no sense of direction because he was always getting her lost in foreign capitals — she made him feel a kind of leper , different from and inferior to the run of men .
2 He feels a bit at grief cos he did n't
3 He has devoted time and energy to people because it is the people who will one day be his subjects , and he feels a sense of responsibility towards them ; but he will also be King of the British Isles , and has a responsibility to safeguard those Isles for future generations .
4 He felt a spasm of hatred so intense , so physical that it made him retch .
5 He felt a twinge of unease even now at the memory .
6 He felt a twinge of embarrassment for the gaucheness of his youth .
7 As he joined in with her laughter he felt a qualm of uneasiness as to what ideas she was getting into her head with regard to his visiting in the future .
8 He felt a measure of guilt for visiting Tyler 's Hard without Dysart 's knowledge , but the impetus of his curiosity more than overcame it .
9 It was his first sight of his grandson and he felt a pang of anxiety as he looked down at him .
10 If he felt a pang of jealousy , it vanished at once .
11 He felt a pang of jealousy .
12 He felt a pang of jealousy , which was intensified when he remembered the smart army officers who had been at her husband 's memorial service .
13 He was fretted by the thought of Kate , back at the scene of crime by now , and he felt a spurt of resentment against Dalgliesh who had involved him in this irrelevant mess .
14 Again he ran his left hand through his hair , but this time he felt a tingle of anticipation .
15 Hazel was just wondering whether it would be worth while starting a side-passage to link Bigwig 's hole to Dandelion 's , when he felt a stamp of warning from somewhere close by .
16 Mungo could not explain why but he felt a sense of release at being out of the village , if only for a short time .
17 He thought it unlikely she would understand his arguments , and he felt a sense of distance , a moment 's regret , there and then gone .
18 ‘ I was much like Nick Farr-Jones after the World Cup final when he said he felt a sense of relief rather than anything else after we had won .
19 For once he felt a sense of purpose enlivening his existence .
20 He felt a sense of guilt but at the same time knew he could never have spoken to her anyway .
21 He felt a sense of anticipation as he set off towards the house .
22 Before they left the camp he had seen the hides of the bull and its calf scraped clean of all life , suspended like limp black rags in the drying tent ; their white , eyeless skulls were hanging close by , and he felt a sense of desolation suddenly at the thought that he was responsible .
23 He felt a wave of exasperation rise within him .
24 He felt a flicker of disquiet .
25 Surely he felt a modicum of frustration watching the black youth movie take shape until it looked like Juice was an afterthought to Boyz N The Hood .
26 He felt a mixture of astonishment at himself and irritation that his rigid daily routine was going to be broken after forty undisturbed years .
27 As he peered through the binoculars he felt a tremor of excitement course through him at the prospect of seeing the printed images come to life .
28 He felt a rush of revulsion and indignation .
29 Closing his eyes momentarily , he felt a rush of ecstasy pulsing through his body .
30 As the train rattled into the station he felt a glow of pride .
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