Example sentences of "[pron] foot up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sat alone in a compartment , coming to terms with the fact that I was free at last and if I wanted to put my feet up on the opposite seat or take off my tie , no one in uniform had the right to bustle in and call me Airwoman in that well-known disapproving voice . |
| 2 | I swung my feet up on the desk and lay back in the chair . |
| 3 | The weather was so vile most of the time , and John so busy that we had quite a contented and simple domestic time , John whizzing away at the computer and me in the ( cane ) rocking chair with my feet up on another reading away . |
| 4 | Well usually cos I got my feet up on a bench and I ca n't reach keyboard so |
| 5 | ‘ Quite honestly — and who wants to celebrate becoming twenty-six ? — I 'm really looking forward to a long soak in the bath , and then putting my feet up in front of the TV , ’ she added firmly . |
| 6 | But it 's probably the sort of house where visitors feel sufficiently at ease to put their feet up on the sofa . |
| 7 | Venture capitalists like to keep close tabs on their investments , going down to the offices of the fledging chief executive officers once a week , putting their feet up on the desk and playing father confessor . |
| 8 | While one can sympathise with those experienced types who would probably benefit more from putting their feet up on Wednesday night , one has to say it is n't every night you get the chance to pit your wits against the world champions . |
| 9 | Most pregnant mothers are told to relax and put their feet up at some point every day — and many of them had done so while watching these television programmes . |
| 10 | Most accountants would be only too happy to go home and put their feet up after a long day at the office . |
| 11 | She saved herself from falling further by clutching at a branch with both hands and then drawing her feet up to safety on a big branch . |
| 12 | And perhaps her friend was right , Lisa thought to herself now as she sank back in her armchair in front of the gas fire , put her feet up at last and took a mouthful of her cocoa . |
| 13 | Miranda , in black linen shorts and halter top , lay with her feet up on the terracotta-coloured sofa , enjoying her idleness . |
| 14 | I would sit with her often for a whole hour , she with her feet up on the sofa , resting . |
| 15 | Tamsin puts her feet up on the table and asks why not . |
| 16 | The kitchen , I assume , thought Leonora , and swung her feet up on the sofa , chuckling at the ludicrously large socks . |
| 17 | Amaranth had no wish to be caught napping in the lounge of the Grand Hotel ; how much better to return to ‘ Mon Repos ’ and put her feet up for an hour or so . |
| 18 | Gillian took a sip of wine , put the glass down on the table in front of her on top of the brochure from the dating agency , slipped off her shoes and curled her feet up under her on the sofa . |
| 19 | You 're in the mood for a long spell at the crease , but the penis decides that it ca n't wait to get the game over and done with before heading back to the pavilion to put its feet up on the couch . |
| 20 | Sits in his easy chair with his feet up with his tray . |
| 21 | Tammuz threw himself into a chair and put his feet up on the edge of his workstation . |
| 22 | When the train started the Feldwebel sat down and put his feet up on the seat opposite . |
| 23 | Then he put his feet up on the bench and snored for ten minutes . |
| 24 | At midday , he always took a half-hour break , sitting in the kitchen armchair with his feet up on a stool , nibbling toast and dripping and preparing for another long afternoon behind the counter . |
| 25 | Froebe looked at Richmann , who lounged back in a chair , his feet up on Froebe 's polished mahogany desk . |
| 26 | Pete had arranged himself in the passenger seat so that he could get his feet up on the dashboard . |
| 27 | Now he sat out on the porch with his chair tilted back and his feet up on the rail , and he sipped at his beer as he watched the patterns of sunlight on the forest over on the far side of the track . |
| 28 | Kenneth sighed with pretended regret , putting his feet up on the low wall of the terrace and rocking his seat back on its rear legs as he shaded his eyes with one hand . |
| 29 | He put his feet up on the desk , tilted back the swivel executive chair and went to sleep . |
| 30 | Brown started to giggle to himself , put his feet up on the sofa and waited for the images and feelings to take possession of him . |