Example sentences of "[coord] he felt the [noun sg] of " in BNC.

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1 But the weather was mild and encouraging , and he felt the pull of the North , and the need for high ground .
2 A shell scored a direct hit on a petrol tank , and he felt the wave of heat from fifty yards off .
3 She murmured something to him , some affirmation of love , and he felt the vibration of her voice strike through him .
4 A door banged and he felt the vibration of footsteps and smelt cigarette smoke .
5 Gabriel could see his own shadow , the shadow of his peacock wings , spreading out over them , and he felt the heat of the sun beat on his back .
6 And then he was passing beneath the huge , towering Gates , and he saw how they stretched above him into infinity , and he felt the timelessness of the great Prison descend on him like a huge , unseen weight .
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