Example sentences of "his feet and [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 8.45am I 've picked out his feet and brushed him off , mucked out , prepared hay , water and evening feed and left them ready . |
| 2 | The bleeper attached to his belt suddenly shrilled into life and after silencing it he eased the hook from the mouth of the pike thrashing about at his feet and brushed it back into the water with the side of his boot . |
| 3 | Instinctively he waved it from his face before getting to his feet and brushing it from the lapels of his overcoat . |
| 4 | She tried to get past him , running for the door , running for safety , running from the unspeakable truth — that she was ready to fall at his feet and admit her love . |
| 5 | Before he had fully recovered , Christian hauled him to his feet and dragged him away from his groaning adversary . |
| 6 | When the woman standing over him returned to her place , Joseph rose to his feet and made his way unsteadily towards the back of the hut , calling Paul by name . |
| 7 | The second hit him in the right shoulder , the impact lifting him off his feet and sending him toppling towards the head of the stairs . |
| 8 | ‘ Alan 's tackle on Emyr Lewis at the start of the game , lifting him off his feet and sending him crashing down , was just what we needed to lift us ’ said Ruddock . |
| 9 | The door shot open , knocking Bill from his feet and sending him sprawling across the sidewalk . |
| 10 | It was Blackberry who bullied the stupefied Pipkin to his feet and forced him to limp the few yards to the gravel spit . |
| 11 | He got to his feet and dusted his knees . |
| 12 | The latter turned his head as the door shut behind her , coming to his feet and raking her with a glance that was both sharp and insolent . |
| 13 | He shuffled his feet and pursed his lips , trying to conceal his embarrassment and surprise at this dangerous , clever English clerk . |
| 14 | Jenna moved and he let her go at once , coming lithely to his feet and helping her up . |
| 15 | Despite his terror of darkness and subterranean places , he wanted the ground to open at his feet and swallow him into its blackest hole . |
| 16 | He extracted a small , oddly-shaped , yellow and white stone from the bag at his feet and offered it to her . |
| 17 | ‘ Lewis , ’ the other one rose to his feet and extended his hand . |
| 18 | He rose to his feet and extended his hand . |
| 19 | She stood patiently waiting until , with exceedingly bad grace , he got to his feet and followed her homewards . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Plummer bellowed , watching gloomily as a body punch brought down his fighter 's guard and a thunderous uppercut lifted him off his feet and sent him crashing to the canvas . |
| 22 | Bumface got stiffly to his feet and straightened his tunic . |
| 23 | He was very brave about the whole thing , crawling up to his feet and telling me it did n't hurt a bit . |
| 24 | His return fire lifted Weaver off his feet and flung him two yards backwards , to sprawl at Bodie 's feet as Bodie came racing through the side garden . |
| 25 | He was sitting in the bar with a drink and the evening paper when she came down , and though he appeared not to notice her quiet descent until she was at the foot of the stairs , she had seen him shift his weight some seconds before he looked up , ready to spring to his feet and intercept her . |
| 26 | ‘ Get him on his feet and walk him up and down . |
| 27 | They stood him on his feet and punched him mercilessly until he fell to the ground . |
| 28 | There was no shelter to make for , anywhere on the long , wide ridge , and the heather and the little bushes would tangle his feet and trip him as soon as he strayed from the straight path . |
| 29 | Tug felt the call to join her , to leap to his feet and let himself be carried up on the tide , into a high and heroic world . |
| 30 | The barbarian pulled himself to his feet and slung his treasure bags into a sack that hung from the saddle , then hauled himself onto the beast 's back . |