Example sentences of "he feel the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Revenge would be sweet for him tonight , and he feels the current Rangers side can make the final . |
| 2 | THERE ARE MOMENTS in a man 's life when he feels the gentle brush of destiny 's hand on his shoulder . |
| 3 | He feels the nomadic lifestyle contributed to a shyness which has made it difficult for him to establish close friendships ever since . |
| 4 | He feels the piquant double pleasure of the secret millionaire who has won everyone 's heart even in apparent poverty . |
| 5 | That ‘ strange ’ which would be a lazy gesture in another novelist is indeed strange to the reader , strange as the feline , supremely observed young man himself ; and yet he feels the very muscles and skin-surface of Raskolnikov 's smile — a prelude to the way in which the book 's entire action is simultaneously read about and lived through . |
| 6 | If Professor Lee or others can devise a blueprint for government regulated auditors with financial and business skills to serve the public interest in a way he feels the Big Six do not , he should be aware of a ( minority ) view in these firms that auditing is a high risk , low reward business which is uninteresting by comparison with certain other activities . |
| 7 | In the silence he feels the smooth operations of the mind 's incomparable picture show . |
| 8 | He submitted tongue-tied , and shivered with repugnance when he felt the warm wetness of her face . |
| 9 | And he felt the strange eagle in the cage next to his waiting for a reply to her question about where he had come from . |
| 10 | One evening in late summer , as he was sitting quietly beside a lake , he felt the strange calmness again . |
| 11 | ‘ I mean — ’ Biff 's tongue was loosening now that he felt the pleasant glow of heat at the back of his skull . |
| 12 | Gwent social services chairman Graham Dally said last week he felt the current plan to provide a secure unit by 1995 was about seven years too late . |
| 13 | Foster screamed in panic as he felt the cruel steel slice his flesh , and he threw himself bodily away from his attacker , hitting the ground in a rolling break-fall and spraying himself with his own urine as he did so . |
| 14 | it was for men that he felt the hot , flushing , roused attraction which a man is supposed to feel for the other sex … the male physique had a fascination for him , and for the female physique he felt only a fondness … |
| 15 | O stared , he did n't know for how long , at him and his outstretched hand , wondering whether to gasp it , fill it with change , or knock it away ; and then he looked up , because he heard his train coming and also because he felt the hot wind on his face . |
| 16 | Pivoting on the slow death fulcrum , he felt the hot sting of his own blood spilling from him . |
| 17 | But he did not mind God saying it , especially when he felt the kindly grip on his shoulder . |
| 18 | He felt the wide gaze of the french windows at his back and the awareness put his timing out . |
| 19 | For a start he would drown , or if he did n't drown he would suffocate ; and most probably he would have died of a heart attack when he felt the great mouth gape for him . |
| 20 | His hands were behind his back and he felt the sharp metallic bite of the handcuffs on his wrists . |
| 21 | He felt the cool silky spell woven by Calatin brush his skin like a thin liquid cloak , and he remembered that there were only seven days for Fergus 's task to be performed . |
| 22 | When he thought of their forthcoming encounter , he felt the guilty excitement of a schoolboy sneaking into the cinema to see an ‘ X ’ Certificate movie . |
| 23 | The 30-man squad will be announced tomorrow and Irish manager Noel Murphy said he felt the Irish were now entitled to a minimum of six representatives . |
| 24 | His hand slid to her breast and he turned impatiently back to her lips as he felt the surging , swollen arousal . |
| 25 | He felt the other two were satisfied to play supporting roles to Gedge and to a lesser extent , himself . |
| 26 | The Questura was barely fifty metres down the hill , but it was below the surface , and as Zen walked there from his hotel he felt the invisible moisture beading his newly shaved skin . |
| 27 | She rested her head on his shoulder , and even at that slight touch he felt the familiar stirrings . |
| 28 | Christopher Wood 's last New York exhibition on this theme was held at the Shepherd in 1985 and he felt the present time to be right for another one , particularly given the slackness of the London market at present . |
| 29 | Here he obviously considered the pharmaceutical value of this plant important enough to include an illustration , and he felt the economic significance of Rubia tinctorum , madder , warranted an engraving by John Sebastian Miller , from Hortus Cliffortianus . |
| 30 | As a consequence of this initial perception he felt the general awareness of all staff had to be built — and built rapidly . |