Example sentences of "[noun pl] to the floor " in BNC.

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1 Thacker looked her up and down , then dropped his eyes to the floor .
2 ‘ On your knees , heads to the floor , or you 're dead . ’
3 Let me get up , ’ and swung her legs to the floor .
4 Fearon swung his legs to the floor , put his hands on the edge of the bed and grimaced up at her .
5 I sit up in bed and swing my legs to the floor .
6 He scrutinised her closely as she lowered her legs to the floor and his hand went out as she stood .
7 If a guy tried to run out on them , they nailed his legs to the floor .
8 For d-i-y jobs , there is Sellotape Aluminium Tape , an aluminium foil tape for repair work , which can be painted over , costing £2.59 for a 5m roll ; and Sellotape Carpet to Floor tape , a double-sided cloth tape for fixing mats and rugs to the floor to prevent slipping ; a 5m roll costs £2.49 .
9 Slowly lower your heels to the floor , gaining full stretch .
10 Slowly rise up , lowering your heels to the floor .
11 He lowered his heels to the floor .
12 Ingrid Karnstein swept a row of glass beakers to the floor with one gloved hand , the crashing sound muffling the noise of the door .
13 But her feet were fixed with six-inch nails to the floor .
14 It takes the Skeleton D4 rounds to realise that it is no longer capable of eating — it can chew , but when it swallows the food simply drops through its bones to the floor .
15 This encompasses the design of passenger seats and the methods of body restraint with seat belts , the establishment of the forces they are designed to withstand and even the strength of the seat attachments to the floor of the aircraft .
16 Part of the routine is to check the passenger and crew seats for strength during the crash and the seat attachments to the floor will also be examined .
17 Attacks from the War Wagon only apply when the War Wagon charges , crushing the enemy beneath its wheels and knocking foes to the floor .
18 Hugh swung his feet to the floor and once again there was a sharp twittering sound of speech from the old woman .
19 D'Arcy swung his feet to the floor and rubbed his hands over his face .
20 Tabitha swung her feet to the floor .
21 The court thought it had nailed Mr Nadir 's feet to the floor by making him post a record-breaking £3.5m ( $1.5m ) .
22 Invisible nails held her feet to the floor .
23 With a small sigh of exasperation she thrust her feet to the floor .
24 Without thought , Theda threw off the covers and swung her feet to the floor .
25 She swung her feet to the floor .
26 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 .
27 Ruth slid her feet to the floor .
28 Leonora sat up , swinging her feet to the floor , biting her lip against the inevitable throb from her temple .
29 If it 's difficult to make the tool shed secure , think about buying army surplus steel lockers or ammunition boxes to lock your tools in , and if necessary bolt the containers to the floor .
30 ‘ He 's yours , ’ I say , and he pins my wrists to the floor .
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