Example sentences of "foot forward " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gravity sucked her feet forward and across to the doors . |
| 2 | A wedding had begun at St Machar 's — gowned shenanigans and excitements , the cars , and the relatives , and the best feet forward . |
| 3 | PUTTING their best feet forward are the marathon men and women from Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society . |
| 4 | PUTTING their best feet forward are the marathon men and women from Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society . |
| 5 | Three to put best feet forward |
| 6 | So bring your feet forward a little |
| 7 | Put your best foot forward and walk all or part of a 25 mile route from London to Ware in Hertfordshire to raise money for the Heart Research Charity . |
| 8 | Summer 's here , hemlines are high : it 's time to put your best foot forward and show off your perfectly dressed legs — and no-one knows how to flatter them more perfectly than Pretty Polly . |
| 9 | Every man in her vicinity had found himself putting his best foot forward , and she had done wonders for the sartorial standards of the notoriously uncaring C1 division . |
| 10 | I 'm absolutely sure you could make it if you put your best foot forward next year . |
| 11 | BEST FOOT FORWARD WALKING BY COACH HOLIDAYS |
| 12 | Caught in these scenes intimately , he merely put foot after foot forward , automatically , without expression . |
| 13 | Now you put your shoulder to the wheel , your nose to the grindstone , your best foot forward and your back to the wall to see how many clichés you know and how they are to be interpreted or ignored . |
| 14 | The ‘ Pied Piper ’ side of Dominic is seen in a verse called Without Finance : As I saunter unabashed , Best foot forward , Hair slicked back , Am I not just the sort of chap That fortune often favours ? |
| 15 | When you try on a pair of boots , push your foot forward into the boot until it can go no further , then slide your index finger down the back behind your heel . |
| 16 | These were the days when cricket put its best foot forward . |
| 17 | Only , the Egyptian is normally skirted and , while putting the left foot forward , keeps all the weight on the right , whereas in the Greek works the weight is evenly distributed , as though in the act of walking . |
| 18 | Most often she stands with the left foot forward ( a borrowing no doubt from the kouros , but it is not like his a full stride , rather so short a step as to seem like a dance-motion ) , left hand pulling the skirt to the side and letting a swag hang free , right forearm raised forward with an offering . |
| 19 | The man stands like a kouros , left foot forward , but differs from one not only in the calf and the arms raised to hold it , but in having a beard and a cloak . |
| 20 | It differs from most kouroi in having the right foot forward and the arms raised from the elbow , something ( probably a bow ) grasped in the left fist and something lying on the open right palm . |
| 21 | Jinkwa extended his front left foot forward experimentally . |
| 22 | She pointed one foot forward , then the other , changing back and forth like Columbine at the ends of a puppet master 's fingers . |
| 23 | The fighters face each other in the typical free-fighting stance , each with his left foot forward . |
| 24 | 4 Following through with the assault , the attacker places his right foot forward . |
| 25 | The student begins with his right foot forward , with most of his weight resting on the left leg . |
| 26 | The student positions himself with the right foot forward , and the body weight evenly distributed . |
| 27 | The student begins in the familiar free-fighting stance , with the left foot forward . |
| 28 | To double-step from a left forward stance , bring the rear foot slightly forward ahead of the body and then move the front foot forward to form a left forward stance once more . |
| 29 | Peter still quietly edged his right foot forward . |
| 30 | ‘ Put your best foot forward did you ? ’ |