Example sentences of "i [vb mod] feel the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He suggests I should take responsibility for the actions of abusing men — that I should feel the guilt they obviously do not . |
| 2 | My tone was defensive and I could feel the tenseness returning . |
| 3 | In my imagination I could feel the monotony of the days in my country , the poverty and the nothingness . |
| 4 | I could feel the blast on my back as I was pitched forward , landing face down on the ground unable to move and gasping for breath . |
| 5 | I could feel the sad power of disintegration : husbands gone off , wives abandoned , children baffled . |
| 6 | I could feel the sweat running down my face . |
| 7 | As we sat in the garden behind his surf shop and talked I could feel the long grass beneath my feet with a sensual awareness I 'd never experienced before . |
| 8 | I was so angry that I could feel the scorched marks which the blood made on my cheeks . |
| 9 | When I opened one of them and saw English words I could feel the tears pricking at the back of my eyes . |
| 10 | Already , I felt , I could feel the benefit of the work I had been undertaking . |
| 11 | His face was on my knees and I could feel the wet of his tears coming through my jeans , first on one knee that did n't have a patch on it , then on the other that did . |
| 12 | Its breathing was too light to move the flanks , so I 'd go over sometimes and put the back of my hand to its nostril until I could feel the heat as it exhaled . |
| 13 | And sometimes , when the heaviest boulders thumped to the ground , I could feel the reverberations jolting the house . |
| 14 | To survive , a performer has to establish dominance within twenty seconds , and already I could feel the pack instinct rising in them . |
| 15 | I could feel the different textures of wood , gravel and asphalt racing beneath my fingers as they came to rest on the road , and was terrified of a car coming up the cul-de-sac and smashing my hand . |
| 16 | I was fully clothed , how come I could feel the warmth through my sweater ? |
| 17 | The heat was so intense I could feel the hairs on my hands singe . ’ |
| 18 | My lips felt engorged , there was a ringing in my ears , and I could feel the blood pumping around the veins in my head . |
| 19 | When I woke up back in the war , I could feel the difference at once . |
| 20 | I could feel the strong arm of Montaine 's custody of Jean-Claude when he played . |
| 21 | While she chatted I could feel the hard knots inside me untying themselves , the way tensed muscles relax in a warm bath . |
| 22 | I could feel the pain beginning again , and my smile was turning into a grimace . |
| 23 | His face was drawn and I could feel the tension in his hands holding my wrists . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | But for a moment , between the door of the cage and where I first took stance , I could feel the greatness of the sky , it was on my wings . |
| 26 | I could feel the muscles on her thin arm round my neck . |
| 27 | Watching Smotty 's four-minute debut — missing an open goal whilst tying his bootlace , refusing to take a second-minute penalty until he had washed his shin pads in the puddle on the centre circle , then when he did take it hitting the corner flag — I could feel the supporters forcing my head further and further down on the block . |
| 28 | I could feel the same horror burning through Tom and Terry — the impotence , the rage , the fear and shame at doing nothing for our friend . |
| 29 | Even on my return through the ward , past ulcer and oedema , past sleepwalker and sleeptalker , I could feel the hungry suck of it on the soles of my black boots . |
| 30 | Now he stood behind me , so that I could feel the warmth of his body , but I was facing the box hedge , so close to it that I could n't turn . |