Example sentences of "foot and [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stiffly , feeling like an old woman , she got to her feet and trudged between the hummocks till she reached the top of one of the new dunes on the shoreline . |
| 2 | He leapt to his feet and sprinted across the room . |
| 3 | Jock was on his feet and leaning on the parapet of the trench . |
| 4 | He got to his feet and crossed to the window of the office . |
| 5 | In the epicentre of the maelstrom , with the moon at her feet and crowned with the stars was Maggie , surprisingly unmoved . |
| 6 | She walked a few feet and stabbed at the earth with the fork . |
| 7 | Ross slowly withdrew his arm from about her shoulders , a muscle beating tightly in his jaw as he rose to his feet and walked across the room to where some bottles and cut-glass decanters stood on a tray . |
| 8 | Nadirpur climbed wearily to his feet and walked to the window . |
| 9 | Laidlaw took another mouthful of beer then got to his feet and walked to the stairs at the end of the room . |
| 10 | Well , she 'd simply have to find the strength within herself to resist that power , she decided grimly , rising to her feet and reaching for the long black dress she 'd laid out earlier to change into . |
| 11 | Whitlock got to his feet and crossed to the dispenser against the wall . |
| 12 | Hitch got to his feet and crossed to the door . |
| 13 | Miles rose to his feet and fiddled with the knobs of his gleaming fixed-spool reel . |
| 14 | Still idly curious , Guy got to his feet and strolled across the bailey and past the hall . |
| 15 | It flew up from under his feet and rolled down the steep path . |
| 16 | The fellow swayed on his feet and staggered through the doorway . |
| 17 | No one could call Graham Little , our Bergführer and former Mountaineering Council of Scotland president , in the first flush of youth , but the man 's well over six feet and built like the proverbial … house , which does help . |
| 18 | ‘ You do what you want , Mike , ’ she snapped then got to her feet and strode to the door . |
| 19 | Suddenly , Boz sprang to his feet and strode towards the group outside the caravan , his face screwed up in fury . |
| 20 | The eyebrow quirked further , but fitzAlan merely rose to his feet and reached for the pack on the floor beside the bed . |
| 21 | But as he spoke the figure jumped to its feet and ran to the edge of the shelf . |
| 22 | After mopping up the mess-tin with a large piece of French bread that had accompanied the stew , I got to my feet and looked around the barn . |
| 23 | He looked at it for a second then got to his feet and stamped on the eye , hearing it pop beneath his foot . |
| 24 | She scrambles to her feet and dives into the water , the wine haze clearing from her mind , hearing coots fighting in the reeds . |
| 25 | She rose gracefully to her feet and made for the front door , with Melissa following . |
| 26 | ‘ Sergeant King , seeing the approach of the car and still alive , struggled to his feet and made towards the car , ’ said Mr Nutting . |
| 27 | Mr Bumble jumped to his feet and went to the other end of the room . |
| 28 | Farouk got to his feet and came round the desk to shake her hand . |
| 29 | Some of the veterans were on the point of giving tongue but young Donald McCulloch was on his feet and moving into the middle of the ring , he was full of himself , sparkling with mischief but with an undertow of ardour . |
| 30 | Monique Lavaux deposited the dog at her feet and vanished into the house , to return almost immediately with a tall jug , clanking with ice , and two tumblers . |