Example sentences of "his foot [adv] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took his foot away and pushed the crate into place where it acted as a stop to prevent the door from sliding back open again . |
| 2 | Without any warning whatsoever , the man holding her swung his foot back and kicked her legs out from under her with a careless , emotionless violence that wrenched a panic-stricken scream from her throat . |
| 3 | Bunny was a young , gentle teacher though he could put his foot down when needed . |
| 4 | He put his foot down and roared away . |
| 5 | If he actually put his foot down and said , ‘ No , I think that 's ridiculous ’ , everyone shut up and listened , and I feel that this was the first time that he realised that he did have the powers of leadership , not only on stage but also off stage . ’ |
| 6 | Doyle put his foot down and drove straight at the men . |
| 7 | Muttering very unscientific speculations in a number of alien languages about the car 's origins and usefulness , the Doctor kept his foot down and did his best to avoid the holes in the road . |
| 8 | Even though Stevens still needed Dean for a couple more shots , the young punk put his foot down and tore along Highway 66 at 85 miles an hour , heading for a sports car race at Salinas . |
| 9 | He says it gave him time to put his feet up and relax . |
| 10 | He swung his feet up and leaned back with his head on a cushion . |
| 11 | Plummer got to his feet immediately and walked through into the sitting room to answer it . |
| 12 | He got to his feet again and walked back across Goughdale , pausing at each ruin of a mine building to check if any more entrances to the underground workings remained unblocked . |
| 13 | He pushed himself back up on to his feet again and started to stumble across the sand to the village . |
| 14 | I could also pick his feet out and deal with the foot-rot which was starting to set in . |