Example sentences of "he [modal v] feel the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 What was more , she had an idea that he must feel the same , because he in his turn talked to her quite naturally , without the slightest attempt to entertain or amuse her .
2 He must feel the whole world is against him .
3 The weight of the glider and the woman slowed him down , but he could feel the warm air currents .
4 Mrs Sweet leant against him , so that he could feel the lacquered crispness of her hair on his ear .
5 Of the verderers he could see nothing , but so strong was his sense of present danger that Allen remained half-hidden watching until the sun came up over the forest and the wet rock slabs of the Waste shone like glass and he could feel the first faint warmth of the sun 's beams striking on his face .
6 But Creggan could not escape , for he remembered Minch 's command to try ant help her , and anyway he could feel the same longings she felt .
7 ‘ You 're mine ! ’ he said thickly , and she held his gaze in a moment of wild hope that he could feel the same , then remembered the fight he had had to get her , and the prizes he was now about to collect .
8 He could feel the hard outline of her breasts against his upper arm .
9 He could feel the old wood beneath his fingers , smell the strong pine scent of the fire .
10 He could feel the warmer , stronger air rushing past , making the whole machine vibrate .
11 She wondered distractedly if he could feel the mad racing of her heart .
12 Jack could see hard frost gleaming on the windows and he could feel the bleak coldness of the beds inside himself .
13 He could see in a three hundred and sixty degree sphere via the pod sensor modules , just as he could feel the ambient temperature , and even smell the lubricant that someone had carelessly leaked on to the floor .
14 Because if his squad selection today for next week 's friendly in Spain fails , then by God he will feel the full wrath of his critics — and no one need tell me how that feels .
15 His fingers are splayed out so that he can feel the very pulse of hundreds of megabytes of information flowing into him .
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