Example sentences of "i could feel the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could feel the sad power of disintegration : husbands gone off , wives abandoned , children baffled . |
| 2 | As we sat in the garden behind his surf shop and talked I could feel the long grass beneath my feet with a sensual awareness I 'd never experienced before . |
| 3 | I could feel the strong arm of Montaine 's custody of Jean-Claude when he played . |
| 4 | I could feel the cold draught from the hole in the roof but I had no intention of getting any closer . |
| 5 | Even on my return through the ward , past ulcer and oedema , past sleepwalker and sleeptalker , I could feel the hungry suck of it on the soles of my black boots . |
| 6 | I was so angry that I could feel the scorched marks which the blood made on my cheeks . |
| 7 | Or rather , I could feel the old cautious Bodenland inside , but it seemed as if a new man , fitted for decision and adventure , had taken control of me . |
| 8 | I could feel the different textures of wood , gravel and asphalt racing beneath my fingers as they came to rest on the road , and was terrified of a car coming up the cul-de-sac and smashing my hand . |
| 9 | While she chatted I could feel the hard knots inside me untying themselves , the way tensed muscles relax in a warm bath . |