Example sentences of "[subord] he felt the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tavett crouched over his desk until he felt the swish of air as the woman passed by , purple and pink cotton skirts flapping . |
| 2 | Without taking his eyes off the stacks of machinery which shielded the glimmer from direct sight , Craig walked quickly backwards until he felt the entrance hatch to the Power Bay thump into his shoulder . |
| 3 | After that , he ignored the hand and massaged Bobby 's arm until he felt the sensation of burning coals . |
| 4 | His companion , swathed in a dark tawny robe as if he felt the cold , was a different kettle of fish : jet black hair framed a white face . |
| 5 | Rutherford was muttering something about a by-pass always changing a country community , as if he felt the need to apologise for the place . |
| 6 | Fearon , his swarthy face as white as a ghost beneath the tan , removed his hard hat slowly , the last to do so , and with an angry look at Green as if he felt the financier had somehow insulted rather than honoured the lifeless form sprawled on the flagstones . |
| 7 | Asked if he felt the cult leader , David Koresh , was manipulating agents , Mr Ricks replied : ‘ As far as being jerked around , we are not going to be jerked around . ’ |
| 8 | A SCHOOLBOY computer hacker broke into British Telecom 's networks because he felt the phone giant was ‘ damn stupid ’ and ‘ greedy ’ , a court heard today . |
| 9 | Captain Robin Woodall said in Boston yesterday he overruled a local pilot because he felt the vessel was too close to shoals . |
| 10 | Wittek suggests that Bayezid I was aware of the criticisms of himself on religious grounds and that he sought investiture as Sultan of Rum , a title he already possessed in fact , from the Abbasid caliph in Cairo because he felt the need for a religious sanction for his regime . |
| 11 | As before he felt the need of a larger portrait of her , as large as the one Zoe had destroyed . |
| 12 | He was working as a trainee film editor with Ulster Television in Belfast and , like most young men , pursuing an active life of sin when he felt the Lord speaking to him . |
| 13 | He allowed himself a little smile , which vanished from his face when he felt the car slowing , and glimpsed through the misted window the place the facilitator had brought him to . |
| 14 | Raskolnikov turns to Sonya ; ‘ it was to her , Sonya , that he first went with his confession ; when he felt the need of a human being , he sought the human being in her ’ — which does indeed isolate for a moment , and emphasize , the mystic business of his alienation from the human family ; and for this moment the dross ( as it were ) of Sonya and of Raskolnikov is withheld ; the god in his humanity is looking for the god in hers . |
| 15 | ‘ And , ’ said Henry as lightly as he felt the conversation warranted . |
| 16 | His fingertips moved as he felt the edge of each gold piece , and then he bowed . |
| 17 | Pte Clegg earlier told the trial he felt justified in firing four rounds into the front windscreen of the stolen Astra , as he felt the life of one of his co-accused , Pte Barry Aindow , was in danger . |
| 18 | But Elsworth , who was defending himself , was reluctant to give evidence as he felt the case had ‘ already been decided ’ . |
| 19 | Charlie began to kiss her again , this time more gently as he felt the corner of a beer crate jab into his buttocks . |
| 20 | Boy-proof , Spruce thought , as he felt the solidity of the place about him ; the product of very different values from the ones currently holding sway in education . |
| 21 | Then , as he felt the wire disappear into the flesh , he held it there . |
| 22 | Angus Cameron stood up on the oak stump which Donald used as a chopping-block , held out his hand to each part of the crowd as though drawing them into the circuit of the ceremony , and said , at first quietly , then gaining volume as he felt the truth of his words : ‘ Alexander McLaggan , Mary Stewart — you love each other , and must wed each other , and that is right and good . |
| 23 | JAVED MIANDAD 'S valiant efforts to become cricket 's Mr Nice Guy ended as he felt the scorn and fury of a capacity crowd at the Oval yesterday . |
| 24 | He was incensed , stunned , at her action , and stood rigid with anger as he felt the slime roll down his cheek . |
| 25 | Even as he felt the danger of his need sweep over him , he perceived another danger beneath it : he let the pleasure of her carry him off , but within his pleasure 's flow a small bitter seed remained , as it were stuck between his teeth , offering him warning . |
| 26 | The driver stiffened as he felt the gun muzzle jab him in the small of his back through the upholstery of the seat . |
| 27 | The muffled scream rose in his throat again as he felt the heat growing more intense , the closer to the blazing rings his hand was pulled . |
| 28 | Athelstan pulled his hood over his head as he felt the heat of the sun on the back of his neck . |
| 29 | He refused to put in central heating , even though he felt the cold badly . |
| 30 | Wasps captain Mark Rigby gave way , even though he felt the pitch was perfectly playable , a view shared by all the journalists at the ground . |