Example sentences of "[vb past] at [art] feet " in BNC.

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1 While they were eating , a woman who had a bad name crept into the room and knelt at the feet of Jesus .
2 At the basis of his outrageous talent and inevitably the root of his temperamental insecurities , was his diminutive height and the almost vindictive treatment he received at the feet of much bigger and stronger opponents .
3 Another hit the wall , another landed at the feet of the man with the axe .
4 Wood 's attempt to clear a back pass fell at the feet of Norris , who sidefooted into the net .
5 Somebody crossed in from the right , Lukic blocked a shot from Sheron , but the ball fell at the feet of Flitcroft who could n't really miss .
6 At the other end , Dykstra saved at the feet of Hateley after he had been allowed to break free after a misplaced pass-back by Nijholt .
7 A great many people sat at the feet of the statues or stood about in groups near by .
8 Yet soon afterwards he sat at the feet of Jesus
9 She sat at the feet of Wyatt .
10 In earlier centuries , scholars sat at the feet of their university teachers who expounded the Bible and other classical texts in the form of readings — or " lectures ' .
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