Example sentences of "he feel the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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31 Despite himself , he felt the knife .
32 He felt the water in the pit rise up to meet him .
33 He felt the glider pulled towards the plain .
34 He felt the ghost of his earlier life round him .
35 After taking off his topee and wiping his head , he felt the boy 's pulse automatically .
36 Speechless , he felt the rope halter pressed into his hand .
37 He felt the blade of the open razor scrape against the back of his neck and again on his forehead .
38 He felt the Judge 's icy fingers and the pliable rope against his neck .
39 He felt the change to be rather like ‘ the shedding of an adolescent enthusiasm , .
40 He felt the change in her .
41 He felt the surrender and his hand moved back to her throat , his long fingers exploring again before plunging down to invade the neck of her dressing-gown and slide inside the thin cotton of her nightdress and find the eager tilt of her breast .
42 He felt the condom tear inside her .
43 He let himself out of the front door and when he was beyond the shelter of the porch he felt the sting of rain on his cheeks .
44 Like a ride in a big dipper , he felt the floor pushing up at him , gathering speed as they climbed a wave .
45 Then he felt the floor tremble beneath his feet , and a deep throated rumble rose from the bowels of the building .
46 Pink thought that he felt the admiration of his audience , and they wanted more .
47 Yet inefficiency in the command structure had hampered his efforts to keep up the pressure on Rommel 's supply lines , and in being ordered to return to base , he felt the grip of official interference .
48 He had needed to wind down after the spiralling tensions of the day , and once again he felt the company warmth and support that had sustained him through the day .
49 He felt the wreck of his face with delicate fingertips , and refused to leave the room .
50 Sister Cooney opened the French windows and he felt the air sweet on his face .
51 He felt the air in his wings as he stretched out over the sky ; he felt his strength .
52 He felt the air move .
53 At the time he expected to touch down the aircraft suddenly ‘ pulled down to his left ’ , he felt the back of the aircraft buckle and was aware of debris coming through the canopy .
54 He felt the back of his neck and brought his hand around covered in blood .
55 I think he felt the blow more than any of us .
56 He felt the warmth of the hand , which was not soft to the touch like his wife 's , but firm .
57 He felt the warmth of it flowing up his arm like an injection ; it was as if everything in her was being transmitted through their palms .
58 He felt the warmth of Barbara 's arm against his cheek , and her breast pressing into his body .
59 His fingertips moved as he felt the edge of each gold piece , and then he bowed .
60 He felt the inch of bare skin above his socks as two cold metal bands .
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