Example sentences of "and felt for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was very upset and felt for those players who played , ’ Durie said . |
| 2 | Gingerly , sweating , I curled my left hand behind my back and felt for the third arrow , and found it sticking out of my jersey though fairly loose in my hand . |
| 3 | I took deep breaths and felt for my moneybelt and the stiffness of traveller 's cheques secreted about me . |
| 4 | When it was midnight and Rodrigo was fast asleep , the leper breathed against him between his shoulders , and that breath was so strong that it passed through him , even through his breast ; and he awoke , being astounded , and felt for the leper by him , and found him not ; and he began to call him , but there was no reply . |
| 5 | She took her tray to the pay desk , opened her bag and felt for her purse . |
| 6 | Then quietly I walked down the steps and felt for a seat on one of the wooden forms ; after being hissed at by several people I found one empty , next to an old woman . |
| 7 | He picked up Doyle 's limp hand and felt for a pulse . |
| 8 | Well , I cycled up quite slowly behind him and then I stopped with my feet on the ground and felt for the gun . |
| 9 | His senses told him that Cora-Beth was as eager as he for closer intimacies , and she made no attempt to draw back when he unbuttoned her coat and felt for the soft warmth of her breasts . |
| 10 | He swung one foot out , to the next joist , then put out one hand and felt for the next rafter ; he transferred his weight carefully . |
| 11 | He thought of Helen , and felt for Helen , as some wincing extension of himself . |
| 12 | He sat on the edge of the bed and felt for his slippers . |
| 13 | Moved in close to the door , and felt for the handle . |
| 14 | In the dim light , Alexandra stretched out her hand and felt for her father 's . |
| 15 | Every morning at Mass he sought her smiling eyes as if she alone understood his loneliness and felt for him . |
| 16 | as they reached up and felt for the fruit . |
| 17 | He lowered himself creakily beside her and felt for his own packet . |
| 18 | Sara sat up and felt for her dressing-gown . |
| 19 | Not daring to put on the light , she sat up and felt for the glass of water on the bedside table . |
| 20 | He eased down the sack of fuel , put the box beside it , and felt for his key . |