Example sentences of "[verb] on one foot " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We were caught on one foot with our fingers in our mouths , ’ said one dealer , referring to widespread expectations of a hung Parliament . |
| 2 | The Muslims believe that the spot marks Adam 's punishment for disobedience and that here he was made to stand on one foot for a very long time . |
| 3 | Yelling a warning , which would have been far too late anyway , she watched in astonishment as Leo pivoted on one foot , and with a movement too fast for her to follow pinned Ryan up against the wall by his throat . |
| 4 | For example , go to Piccadilly Circus in London and see the statue of Eros , bow in hand and still balancing on one foot after all this time . |
| 5 | Balancing on one foot , toes digging into the grass , he steps out of his underpants , the skin white and pale . |
| 6 | It happened so fast and so drastically that I nearly slid after him , managing only instinctively to pivot on one foot and throw myself headlong back onto the boards still remaining solid behind the hole . |
| 7 | Do not stand on one foot ; stand with feet apart , weight evenly distributed . |
| 8 | He did try , but he could only stand on one foot . |
| 9 | They glanced at Tabitha encumbered with Perks , forcing their claws from her arms , standing on one foot trying to shake one that was hanging on to her leg . |
| 10 | I paused on one foot . |
| 11 | A photograph of him as the Devil ( not in female disguise ) shows him poised on one foot , the other leg bent so that his whole body is tilted eccentrically . |
| 12 | Pinned above Beth 's bed , next to the card proclaiming her to be a spiritualist , was a photograph of a male dancer from the newly formed Royal Ballet , and I came in one day soon after I arrived at Huntingdon to find a knot of giggling girls peering up at this dancer , who was poised on one foot , wearing an agonised expression and very tight tights . |
| 13 | Oliver got along , hopping on one foot , dragging the other leg and hunching his shoulders . |
| 14 | ‘ Why did n't you tell us the floor 's covered in puke ? ’ he said angrily , hopping on one foot . |
| 15 | She darted away and began spinning on one foot in the middle of the room , but he quickly took hold of her and drew her back . |
| 16 | He set her down on the landing and she stood on one foot , using the wall for support while he opened his living-room door . |
| 17 | As I stood on one foot to remove them , the little cabin shifted on its suspension but there was no embarrassment , not even in the disparity between the utility of our underwear and the transcendence of our desire . |