Example sentences of "foot down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And like a well-trained dog I stuck an arm in the air and said , ‘ I 'm putting my foot down for the Telethon , how about you ? ’ |
| 2 | I watched the cars stopping to pay their money at the toll-house and wondered if any of the drivers were tempted to put their foot down on the accelerator and go Zoom-Crash ! down to the bottom of the gorge . |
| 3 | The thought of Norman 's discomfiture at finding her gone cheered her a little and she pressed her foot down on the accelerator , anxious to distance herself from the three of them , to reach the safety of home . |
| 4 | He had rammed his foot down on the accelerator , the Mercedes shot forward , the little grey 's neck jerked frantically and she cartwheeled violently in the air crashing to the ground , to be dragged ten feet before Angel braked . |
| 5 | Pushing his foot down on the accelerator , Anthony thrust the car forward . |
| 6 | The man pocketed the wallet , and jabbed his foot down on the accelerator . |
| 7 | I had to make haste now or I would be late , so I threw my kit in the back of the Porsche , threaded my way through the traffic on the Kingston By-pass and then put my foot down on the M3 , keeping a wary eye open for the police . |
| 8 | ‘ They 're on to us , ’ he groaned , wondering whether he should put his foot down on the accelerator instead . |
| 9 | She put her foot down on the pedal and the car leaped forward . |
| 10 | He rammed his foot down on the brake and sent the car into a fizzing convulsion of rev and whinny . |
| 11 | ‘ Honestly , Reg … ’ began Bob , trying to get one foot down on the floor behind him . |
| 12 | The engine fired and she pushed her foot down on the accelerator so that the fierce roar echoed her feelings of pent-up frustration . |
| 13 | I had n't slammed my foot down on the brake . |
| 14 | He jammed his foot down on the accelerator and the car shot forward . |
| 15 | So I fell for it and I volunteered for the Guards , but after a week , they decided I , I 'd got flat feet which was n't very good for slamming your foot down as the guards demanded in those days . |