Example sentences of "feet and [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He leapt to his feet and sprinted across the room . |
| 2 | Jock was on his feet and leaning on the parapet of the trench . |
| 3 | He got to his feet and crossed to the window of the office . |
| 4 | She walked a few feet and stabbed at the earth with the fork . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Nadirpur climbed wearily to his feet and walked to the window . |
| 7 | Hitch got to his feet and crossed to the door . |
| 8 | Whitlock got to his feet and crossed to the dispenser against the wall . |
| 9 | Still idly curious , Guy got to his feet and strolled across the bailey and past the hall . |
| 10 | The fellow swayed on his feet and staggered through the doorway . |
| 11 | ‘ You do what you want , Mike , ’ she snapped then got to her feet and strode to the door . |
| 12 | Suddenly , Boz sprang to his feet and strode towards the group outside the caravan , his face screwed up in fury . |
| 13 | The eyebrow quirked further , but fitzAlan merely rose to his feet and reached for the pack on the floor beside the bed . |
| 14 | But as he spoke the figure jumped to its feet and ran to the edge of the shelf . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He looked at it for a second then got to his feet and stamped on the eye , hearing it pop beneath his foot . |
| 17 | She scrambles to her feet and dives into the water , the wine haze clearing from her mind , hearing coots fighting in the reeds . |
| 18 | ‘ Sergeant King , seeing the approach of the car and still alive , struggled to his feet and made towards the car , ’ said Mr Nutting . |
| 19 | Farouk got to his feet and came round the desk to shake her hand . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | There are three chambers in the interior , the outermost , easily accessible , having a length of 200 feet and passing beneath the road , and width of 120 feet . |
| 23 | Corbett struggled to his feet and stared around the hall where the rest of the sleepers there were slowly rising to their feet , some nursing sore heads , others bawling for wine and food . |
| 24 | But Duvall was already on his feet and heading for the office door . |
| 25 | The figure , that of a young girl dressed in a white dress , appeared to stumble and fall and then , as he drew nearer , she rose to her feet and staggered towards the signal box steps . |
| 26 | With that destination a good thirty minutes of flying time away , Vologsky climbed to 60,000 feet and snapped on the auto-pilot once again . |
| 27 | Mobuto got to his feet and moved to the sideboard to pour himself a bourbon . |
| 28 | Bailey got to his feet and moved to the window . |
| 29 | He remained there for a few seconds then slowly got to his feet and moved to the door leading into the hallway . |
| 30 | ‘ God , I hope so , ’ Whitlock said then got to his feet and moved to the balcony where he looked out over the illuminated New York skyline . |