Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] felt the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have known you always , it seems , and when we at last met I felt the air between us stir as if you too knew . ’ |
| 2 | When she returned she felt the need to explain . |
| 3 | As the tears began he felt the shiver of approval , of consensus , on his back . |
| 4 | ‘ This time as I talked I felt the ground move . |
| 5 | I would find it too distracting to have you around the place , knowing you felt the way you evidently do about me … that is , ’ his tone changed , ‘ how much you abhor my touch . ’ |
| 6 | Paige subsided , aware of a grim satisfaction in knowing he felt the strain every bit as much as she did . |
| 7 | In spite of the worry at the back of her mind , she sat down beside her patient and said gently , ‘ As I sat having my breakfast to the sound of church bells , with the sun coming up behind the hills , I think I felt the sort of affinity you must have with Samana . |
| 8 | I think he felt the blow more than any of us . |
| 9 | The development officer said she felt the project had been unable to help much , because of the attitude of the relatives ; the principal carer had not been relieved in any way , and therefore her preference for institutional care ( without the ability to make it happen ) remained . |
| 10 | The legendary Scottish mountaineer , Hamish McInnes , said he felt the work of the expedition was important , and could lead to possible breakthroughs in the treatment of mountain sickness . |
| 11 | a physicist in Fusion at Culham , said he felt the outcome ‘ Was the best conceivable that staff in the Fusion business could have hoped for . ’ |
| 12 | Even two years later , at the 1980 Annual General Meeting , the President said he felt the Constitution to be ‘ ideal for its needs ’ . |
| 13 | As his dive steepened he felt the speed pick up again ; there was still life in the controls , somewhere . |