Example sentences of "could feel [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 When I woke once in the night I could feel the north wind blowing softly on my cheek , and knew we would have good sailing the next day .
2 He could feel the storm wind and rain gusting down the ground-floor corridor and into the stairwell .
3 One of these groups consisted of people who could feel the peak experience , and the members of the other group could not .
4 Looking up at the sky , at the myriad pinpricks of light , it seemed to him that he could feel the turning earth beneath his feet and that time had mysteriously come to a stop , fusing into one moment the past , the present and the future ; the ruined abbey , the obstinately enduring artefacts of the last war , the crumbling cliff defences , the windmill and the power station .
5 He could feel the house shudder .
6 You could feel the earth shake as it changed down , ready to turn out into parkside .
7 I could feel the pain beginning again , and my smile was turning into a grimace .
8 She seemed to be getting quite violent as I could feel the van sway from her leaning against it .
9 She could feel the iron strength in it .
10 To survive , a performer has to establish dominance within twenty seconds , and already I could feel the pack instinct rising in them .
11 Her heart was thumping so hard that she could feel the breath catch in her chest .
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