Example sentences of "he felt the [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And , ’ said Henry as lightly as he felt the conversation warranted . |
| 2 | He felt the hypodermic-gun pressed against his neck and tried to squirm away , struggling against the strong hand that held his shoulder , but it was too late . |
| 3 | He felt the glider pulled towards the plain . |
| 4 | He felt the condom tear inside her . |
| 5 | Like a ride in a big dipper , he felt the floor pushing up at him , gathering speed as they climbed a wave . |
| 6 | Then he felt the floor tremble beneath his feet , and a deep throated rumble rose from the bowels of the building . |
| 7 | He felt the air move . |
| 8 | He felt the government owed him that much at least — and as the DIA had not seen fit to close the account , perhaps Control thought so , too . |
| 9 | But Elsworth , who was defending himself , was reluctant to give evidence as he felt the case had ‘ already been decided ’ . |
| 10 | He felt the bed dip slightly under her weight , and he knew she was kneeling beside him . |
| 11 | Not long afterwards he felt the wash slopping against the jetty . |
| 12 | He felt the runway slip away from under the wheels . |
| 13 | He felt the cramp come on like iron bars bending in his limbs . |
| 14 | He felt the adrenaline begin to course through his veins , and smiled . |
| 15 | He felt the major risk after the war was not unemployment but inflation caused by shortages of goods . |
| 16 | The muffled scream rose in his throat again as he felt the heat growing more intense , the closer to the blazing rings his hand was pulled . |
| 17 | He felt the coldness emanate from her , a sense of the vast distance she had travelled . |
| 18 | ‘ My name is Pittagora , ’ Davide continued ; always quick to redden , he felt the blood surge in his face . |
| 19 | He felt the blood hammering at the pit of her neck , and among the tendons at the back of his skull . |
| 20 | But she twisted round and took him in her dusty hands , he felt the blood pump past her fingers . |
| 21 | He wanted to do more than just look ; it was at such times that he felt the urge to paint . |
| 22 | It 's just a pity we do n't live in the era when a man could set his mistress up somewhere and know she 'd be there waiting for him whenever he felt the urge to see her , but was never , ever seen with her in public . ’ |
| 23 | But the more he repeated the simple daily rituals of Muslim belief , the more he felt the urge to adopt a brusque , English attitude to them . |
| 24 | Now he was so close to a possible solution , he felt the urge to linger . |
| 25 | Then , as he felt the wire disappear into the flesh , he held it there . |
| 26 | Michael was still enthusiastic , he felt the show needed changes but did n't specify what they were . |
| 27 | He felt the iron go in and he leaned on it and drove it further and then pushed all his weight after it . |
| 28 | They went through him and out the other side , and he felt the frost wither his insides , like an early runner bean . |
| 29 | He felt the point scrape bone and pulled back hard . |
| 30 | As his dive steepened he felt the speed pick up again ; there was still life in the controls , somewhere . |