Example sentences of "[pron] feet and [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I get to my feet and go over to the window , easing back the soft material , looking at the houses opposite in the half-light .
2 I drained my mess-tin , got to my feet and went out across the cobbled farmyard , under the arch , and out along the road leading to Brigade H.Q hoping that I would not be requiring the special services offered by the medics .
3 I got to my feet and walked back into the apartment .
4 The nose which they used for gathering food enabled them to pluck grass and reeds at their feet and to reach up into the trees above their heads .
5 Jessica got to her knees , holding herself and snorting , then staggered to her feet and ran down to the water .
6 The lassitude still on her , she came slowly to her feet and looked down at the boy , who stood up , shifting uneasily .
7 Jezrael lurched stiffly to her feet and lumbered off at a run .
8 Zeinab rose to her feet and swept out of the box .
9 She had drifted unhappily around the estate , dragging her feet and shrinking back from the noisy pack of children which romped around the gardens .
10 Do n't go too near the water ! ’ she called out before leaping to her feet and running over to where the twins were feeding some ducks at the edge of the Serpentine .
11 His face darkened , and as he strode grimly towards her she stumbled hastily to her feet and backed up against the wall .
12 He got to his feet and walked over to the window hearing the angry voice but no longer having to face her , watching the reflection of her pacing figure , the swirling hair .
13 Waggoner quietly got to his feet and walked off down the 17th .
14 He rose lazily to his feet and sauntered out into the corridor .
15 Burun leapt to his feet and charged out of the door .
16 Then he scrambled to his feet and hared off between the trees .
17 Willie staggered to his feet and hung on to the side of the cart .
18 He clambered slowly back to his feet and ambled back to the village .
19 However , ’ he stamped his feet and looked up at the darkened mass of the church , ‘ no one , not even in Southwark , can be that degenerate .
20 The coroner stamped his feet and looked up at the star-filled sky .
21 Fulke shuffled his feet and looked down at the floor .
22 He tripped and fell , scrambled to his feet and sprinted out of reach .
23 The priest staggered to his feet and waddled off with an air of drunken disdain .
24 To her surprise he jerked to his feet and went over to the video machine and yanked the cassette out without rewinding it .
25 He dived behind a storage tank , covering as Forster dropped lightly to his feet and ducked down beside a bench .
26 Furthermore , Piper , I wo n't be in this trench tonight , ’ continued Taff , rising to his feet and climbing out of the trench .
27 Once more on his feet and staring up at the bell rope , Jasper said , ‘ D' you know what I 'd like ?
28 The PLAYER gets to his feet and walks over to his barrel and kicks it and shouts into it . )
29 Then he eased himself to his feet and scrambled back to Wexford .
30 While the creature sought height for another sweep Hrun scrambled to his feet and set off at a dead run for the woods at the edge of the arena .
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