Example sentences of "her foot [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nan had seen Benny studying her foot and thought it must be paining her . |
| 2 | And now she did what she had promised herself she would do , and lifted her foot and aimed it at the nun 's shin . |
| 3 | ‘ Well … it was her feet that gave her away . ’ |
| 4 | Sandison tried to catch a glimpse of her feet but found it difficult . |
| 5 | She might even be weaving a spell to tangle her feet or make her lose her way in the wood ! |
| 6 | A rabbit dodged between her feet and made it to the hedgerow . |
| 7 | Roman tugged Claudia to her feet and rushed her out of the garden before the coach doors had time to open . |
| 8 | Vi jumped to her feet and followed him to the door of the church , wincing in the sweet , cold air . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Noise had become Ariel 's lot : she , who had lifted her feet and put them down again so quietly on the slopes that birds did not stir at her passing , was used to hearing a single song in her head at any one time . |
| 12 | When the order came she reached down to help an older woman to her feet and passed her the well-wrapped bundle , then she turned her back on the men and was swallowed by the mass of female prisoners . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I helped her to her feet and hugged her . |
| 15 | He threw his head back with laughter then hauled her to her feet and hugged her to him . |
| 16 | He had expected to sweep Rachel off her feet and carry her off to New Zealand with him on the next sailing , but he had reckoned without her Jewish father and mother , the new Zionism and Rachel herself . |
| 17 | She felt like jumping to her feet and asking him to leave instantly . |
| 18 | It plucked her from her feet and spun her round , tumbling her back uphill as if playing a game of roll-a-ball . |
| 19 | Daniel got down , put an arm round her thick middle , hoisted her silently to her feet and pulled her towards the bedroom . |
| 20 | Colleague Evelyn Cookson and a stranger hoisted Tammy to her feet and helped her into a waiting ambulance . |
| 21 | He stared back and , blushing with confusion , she rose to her feet and gave him a little bob . |
| 22 | She sprang nimbly to her feet and approached him , her hands thrust into the pockets of her baggy camouflage pants . |
| 23 | ‘ Thank you , that was very good of you , ’ she murmured politely , but , feeling intimidated suddenly — or was that her guilty conscience again at work , she got to her feet and handed him the proof that she was who she said she was . |
| 24 | Ruth shot to her feet and faced him across the table . |