Example sentences of "feet and [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A rabbit dodged between her feet and made it to the hedgerow . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They had grasped her by the wrists and feet and dragged her to the neighbouring room . |
| 5 | The boys stood this for as long as was decent , and then , after a particularly heavy blow to the head , the brothers grabbed the Bosnian refugee by both feet and up-ended him over the sand . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Vi jumped to her feet and followed him to the door of the church , wincing in the sweet , cold air . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Daniel got down , put an arm round her thick middle , hoisted her silently to her feet and pulled her towards the bedroom . |
| 10 | He wedged his clothes into a gap between boulders above the waterline , then grabbed Carey 's feet and pulled him towards the edge . |
| 11 | He pulled Rosheen and Klift to their feet and shoved them through the door . |
| 12 | Ruth shot to her feet and faced him across the table . |
| 13 | Whitlock sprung to his feet and caught him on the side of the head with a stinging haymaker then followed up with two brutal body punches that dropped him to his knees . |