Example sentences of "i felt the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt the spiritual strength that had deserted me flowing back as a warm glow that welled up inside , filling my being . |
| 2 | It was when I was gazing dully at the finger , the heel of my hand resting in an intercostal space , that I felt the faintest flutter from below . |
| 3 | Once again I felt the mysterious pleasure of being in an elevated Oxford chamber at night , among cloud and star , — so that I seemed to join in the inevitable motion of the planets , — and as I saw the sea of roofs and horned turrets and spires I knew that , although architecture is a dead language , here at least it speaks strongly and clearly , pompous as Latin , subtle as Greek . |
| 4 | In addition , schools are looking very carefully at their own effectiveness and I felt the total Quality Improvement Process might be a useful instrument in this self-examination . |
| 5 | I felt the black north couching in my bones . |
| 6 | It was then that I felt the first cobweb — one sticky tendril , unbelievably strong , across my right eye and the bridge of my nose . |
| 7 | ‘ I know what was happening as soon as I felt the familiar ache in my lower back and a rush of blood , ’ she says . |
| 8 | I felt the splintered bone . ’ |
| 9 | I felt the usual clench of tension in the bowels , and could see pale anger in Mala 's face , but there was nothing we could do . |
| 10 | I felt the same way a horse must have when confronted with a steam engine . |
| 11 | We passed by the Grotto together on the way and I felt the same wonder as before . |
| 12 | I understood because I felt the same fear as they did . |
| 13 | I 'm sure you can imagine how I felt the next morning — I could n't move a muscle ! |
| 14 | I felt the corporeal elephant on whose back my world was supported amble effortlessly along , rather that it being necessary for me to lean out from the howdah of my head and goad him . |
| 15 | I felt the miserable decline of my happiness as I imagined the girl 's innocence and the futility of her mother 's efforts to save her from a cruel death . |
| 16 | I felt the whole continent slipping through my fingers , leaving me Peru — a claustrophobic room filling up with terrorism , hyper-inflation , drugs and thieves . |
| 17 | So when we walked from the pool to the car I felt the whole impact of the sun . |
| 18 | Sometimes I felt the whole world was converging on this little room . |
| 19 | It ended up where I felt the whole world was on my shoulders . |
| 20 | ‘ I felt the whole world was swallowing me up . |
| 21 | As he began to speak again I smelt the night air , I felt the hard concrete under my feet , I touched a piece of chalk in my pocket . |
| 22 | For one brief moment I felt the full shock of its death ; of a life , until recently , so remote , so inextricably part of the mountains and forests , now suddenly laid out at my feet . |
| 23 | I felt the full force of her criticism . |
| 24 | After receiving a phone call from an anxious , distressed young lady , I felt the urgent need to put pen to paper , in order to expose what appears to be a problem caused by college education authorities . |