Example sentences of "foot to [art] floor " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hugh swung his feet to the floor and once again there was a sharp twittering sound of speech from the old woman . |
| 2 | D'Arcy swung his feet to the floor and rubbed his hands over his face . |
| 3 | Tabitha swung her feet to the floor . |
| 4 | The court thought it had nailed Mr Nadir 's feet to the floor by making him post a record-breaking £3.5m ( $1.5m ) . |
| 5 | Invisible nails held her feet to the floor . |
| 6 | With a small sigh of exasperation she thrust her feet to the floor . |
| 7 | Without thought , Theda threw off the covers and swung her feet to the floor . |
| 8 | She swung her feet to the floor . |
| 9 | He levered himself away from her , as if he could n't trust himself to stay close , swinging his feet to the floor and rubbing a distracted hand over his jaw , and up through his hair . |
| 10 | Ruth slid her feet to the floor . |
| 11 | Leonora sat up , swinging her feet to the floor , biting her lip against the inevitable throb from her temple . |
| 12 | His left Achilles tendon became badly shortened , making it difficult for him to put his foot to the floor , and he had a strong positive supporting reaction in his foot . |
| 13 | She dropped her other foot to the floor , and turned around . |
| 14 | Shut up or I 'll nail your other foot to the floor ! |
| 15 | His wife , who had miscarried he was no longer sure how many times , had stayed in bed two or three weeks without setting her foot to the floor on every occasion , and had then spent a week or so more , he remembered , on a sofa in the drawing-room looking not merely untouchable but as if even a heavy footstep across the hall might shatter her into pieces like spun glass . |
| 16 | Leaping from the bed , Seb put his bad foot to the floor and cried out in agony , but he continued hopping towards the window . |
| 17 | Determinedly Curtis pressed his foot to the floor , and once more the gap between the two cars narrowed . |
| 18 | Pressing his foot to the floor , Nate Springfield drove as he 'd never driven before … |
| 19 | The tyres screamed as he jammed his foot to the floor and the car shot into traffic . |