Example sentences of "foot [conj] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Deane scored for Leeds , and , it could be argued he scored for Tottenham as well cos I think it was his foot that deflected it past Beaney . |
| 2 | A rabbit dodged between her feet and made it to the hedgerow . |
| 3 | He was kissing her hungrily , then he lifted her off her feet and carried her to the water 's edge , resting her on the sand so that their bodies could feel the gentle ebb and fall of the sea against them . |
| 4 | Seizing her wrist , he hauled her to her feet and dragged her through the small hall and into a side-room with a wide , specially designed window on the north wall . |
| 5 | They had grasped her by the wrists and feet and dragged her to the neighbouring room . |
| 6 | The boys stood this for as long as was decent , and then , after a particularly heavy blow to the head , the brothers grabbed the Bosnian refugee by both feet and up-ended him over the sand . |
| 7 | He threw his head back with laughter then hauled her to her feet and hugged her to him . |
| 8 | Salt shook her shoulder and when that made no difference , dragged her to her feet and propelled her to the small book-lined room known as the study . |
| 9 | And with that he bent over and lifted me to my feet and told me to be off , which I did not need to be told twice to do . |
| 10 | Vi jumped to her feet and followed him to the door of the church , wincing in the sweet , cold air . |
| 11 | He loosened the gyves , dragged Corbett to his feet and bundled him through the door , along the passage and up the steps into the pure , dear air . |
| 12 | He extracted a small , oddly-shaped , yellow and white stone from the bag at his feet and offered it to her . |
| 13 | Daniel got down , put an arm round her thick middle , hoisted her silently to her feet and pulled her towards the bedroom . |
| 14 | He wedged his clothes into a gap between boulders above the waterline , then grabbed Carey 's feet and pulled him towards the edge . |
| 15 | With a cheery wave he left them , and Kathleen helped the man to his feet and put him in a wheelchair . |
| 16 | He pulled Rosheen and Klift to their feet and shoved them through the door . |
| 17 | Ruth shot to her feet and faced him across the table . |
| 18 | Colleague Evelyn Cookson and a stranger hoisted Tammy to her feet and helped her into a waiting ambulance . |
| 19 | Whitlock sprung to his feet and caught him on the side of the head with a stinging haymaker then followed up with two brutal body punches that dropped him to his knees . |
| 20 | And now she did what she had promised herself she would do , and lifted her foot and aimed it at the nun 's shin . |