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

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1 As the tears began he felt the shiver of approval , of consensus , on his back .
2 The legendary Scottish mountaineer , Hamish McInnes , said he felt the work of the expedition was important , and could lead to possible breakthroughs in the treatment of mountain sickness .
3 a physicist in Fusion at Culham , said he felt the outcome ‘ Was the best conceivable that staff in the Fusion business could have hoped for . ’
4 Even two years later , at the 1980 Annual General Meeting , the President said he felt the Constitution to be ‘ ideal for its needs ’ .
5 As his dive steepened he felt the speed pick up again ; there was still life in the controls , somewhere .
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