Example sentences of "[conj] something inside " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we look at Poe 's tales , the structure seems predictable , even formulaic : the dawning sense that all is not as it should be ; the attempts to explain away the moaning sounds that something inside him is nevertheless compelling him to hear ; the fight with fancy , as if one could will away one 's deepest fear ; and then the horrified recognition that what one was most afraid of is there , behind the antique panels , waiting to throw one to the floor . |
| 2 | The clinical instinct I was beginning to develop told me that something inside this animal was fundamentally awry . |
| 3 | How could he explain that something inside him , experience , foreboding , sick terror , told him this might be necessary ? |
| 4 | She saw that Jennifer and Vanessa were laughing at her and something inside her stirred . |
| 5 | He shook her off , with a toss of the head ; Miranda saw all of a sudden the theatricality of the gesture , and something inside her relaxed . |
| 6 | But I could only feel the sun on the back of my head and a sad , frightened sensation , as if something inside me was crying . |
| 7 | Hepzibah 's brilliant eyes looked into hers and Carrie felt as if something inside her , some hard , painful lump , were dissolving . |
| 8 | He saw the man 's limbs , tightly clenched as he drove his horse towards the Cutcherry guns , suddenly relax as if something inside him had snapped . |
| 9 | But something inside me was tugging in the other direction . |
| 10 | But something inside him , some long-ago echo of a boy beaten into insensibility if he cried , said , no , money is n't everything , satisfaction is n't everything , what about justice ? |
| 11 | Could 've been something falling over onstage , or a light-bulb blowing … but something inside me knew it was serious . |
| 12 | This would take some courage but something inside her was urging her to be honest . |
| 13 | She had got as far as pulling out her suitcase , which looked scruffier than ever now that her eyes had accustomed themselves to the comfortable luxury of Luke Hunter 's flat , and laying it open on the bed before something inside her rebelled . |