Example sentences of "she felt [art] " in BNC.

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1 She felt a thrill in her gut .
2 She felt a tap on her shoulder .
3 In half an hour she felt a lot better , but I knew now it would be my job to see her safely down to the hut .
4 She felt a superficial moral righteousness and a profound fear about her own boredom .
5 She felt a tiny moment of pride : this was an accident that her power had brought about and Phoebe knew it .
6 Quite suddenly she felt a generous relief , as though she 'd given science and herself new hope of heaven , and set out through the gathering dark , home , home across the dragon-haunted park .
7 She felt a rare prickle of envious hostility and in that mood , defiantly and with a lunatic rashness , accepted an invitation to dance with one of the Louts , whose approach was loutish enough : a jerk of the head and a mumbled , ‘ Wan na dance , chick ? ’
8 She felt a sense of power : power utter and complete over another human being , and in the black and bitter night , she used it .
9 When she saw her gesture performed by a sister who had been admiring and imitating her from earliest childhood , she felt a certain unease : the adult gesture did not fit an eleven-year-old child .
10 He was an old , stooping , emaciated bachelor , aghast at the facts of life ; he never smiled , but glowered defensively at the world from under his eyebrows , and she felt a certain sympathy for him .
11 She felt a certain poignancy though .
12 She felt a giddy sensation of ground shifting under her feet .
13 The idea was a novelty , it illumined a new area of thought in Isabel Lavender 's mind , and she felt a little daring , a little afraid , at bringing up for scrutiny something she had so long taken for granted .
14 That was n't entirely true , but she felt a little nervous .
15 She felt a hand on her arm .
16 Obviously , that was not the case but it may be that Viola was so used to people thinking like that about her that she felt a need to assert herself as well .
17 Skinner was looking at her , and she felt a caress of terror .
18 She felt a mild nettle sting .
19 She felt a lump in her throat .
20 She felt a flush rise up her neck .
21 She felt a sudden stab of guilt , comparing him with Jenny .
22 As she felt a desire to scream there was a strange sound in the room .
23 At times — and Franca was aware of this as a dangerous weakness — she felt a slight momentary urge to ‘ talk ’ to Alison , to give that tiny fatal signal for which Alison was , sometimes so urgently , so breathlessly , waiting .
24 One of his rawboned hands descended on her shoulder and she felt a flash of excitement .
25 She rocked him gently while Bridhe told her the story , and she felt a confusion buzzing in her head .
26 She felt a hot urge to strangle the child , but controlled herself .
27 She felt a little exposed and felt her way along until she discovered she was on a ledge .
28 As she straightened up she felt a sudden pain like a knife being thrust into her lower back .
29 Her hand came down on top of a large bunch of them and she felt a sudden stinging pain .
30 Almost before the words had left her mouth , she felt a stab of excitement .
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