Example sentences of "a [adv] [vb infin] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harry felt a deep rush of tenderness well up inside him . |
| 2 | She felt a deep flush of embarrassment crawl up her neck as she gauged how far the sound of her and Mandy 's conversation might have carried . |
| 3 | Nonetheless as he left her behind with her trunk labelled ‘ D. Spencer , ’ clutching her favourite green hippo — girls were only allowed one cuddly toy in bed — and Peanuts , he felt a deep sense of loss . |
| 4 | Athelstan felt a deep sense of isolation . |
| 5 | We can not escape the conclusion that many of those employed in the Service feel a deep sense of dissatisfaction with the organisation and management of it as a whole and that a gulf has grown up between the establishments in the field and the staff who work in them on the one hand and headquarters at the Home Office in London on the other . |
| 6 | Everyone was so sweet and warm and natural with me , and I felt a deep glow of affection and thankfulness for my friends . |
| 7 | It was feeling a deep ache of loss for something she had never had in the first place . |