Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] foot on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Dong , 24 , leapt from the window to escape , the driver , also a woman , slammed her foot on the accelerator and sent him flying . |
| 2 | Anthony slammed his foot on the brake . |
| 3 | Bill accelerated and then rammed his foot on the brake pedal causing Rex and Laura to plummet floorward . |
| 4 | A further protest rose to her lips , but , since she had other more important matters to think about , she obligingly went and placed her foot on the ledge and , raising her trouser leg a little , allowed him to study her beige cotton sock where there was not so much as a broken thread . |
| 5 | Mitch swung his legs across the bike , braced his foot on the kickstart , and pushed down hard . |
| 6 | I eased my foot on the accelerator , watching for each hole in the road that stretched ahead endlessly , a straight , straight line across a desolate land to the reddish horizon . |
| 7 | I coughed loudly and scraped my foot on the floor to draw their attention to who was standing quietly listening to them rowing . |
| 8 | In 1980 , Virgin 's expansion ground to a sudden halt , as their bank , Coutts , put their foot on the brake , signalling what would develop , in the coming years , into a major crisis over banking . |
| 9 | Rachaela put her foot on the red Persian carpet and started up , out of the scarlet ambience of the lamp . |
| 10 | Nora put her foot on the jar . |
| 11 | As he put his foot on the doorstep , a young man seemed to jostle him — it was young McCulloch from Weem , the sulky handsome lad with the curly head — why had he come hanging about here instead of hearing his own man preach in Weem ? |
| 12 | Philip put his foot on the ledge and his hands on the window and wriggled through . |
| 13 | He pushed open the door and , as he put his foot on the first step , experienced a revelation comparable to that undergone by Newton in the orchard or Archimedes in his bath . |
| 14 | This was as elementary as his lesson to Hoomey : from the side of the bath he put his foot on the back of Jazz 's head as he came to the side , and stepped in , taking Jazz 's head with him , forcing in abrupt and most accomplished somersault . |
| 15 | He put his foot on the accelerator and surged across the street in Anfield , Liverpool . |
| 16 | Tony had seen the four standing dejectedly on the street corner and he put his foot on the brake pedal , bringing the vehicle to a shuddering halt . |
| 17 | He put his foot on the accelerator and dipped his headlights . |
| 18 | He put his foot on the accelerator and the taxi shot forward . |
| 19 | He put his foot on the accelerator , he wanted to get there . |
| 20 | He put his foot on the first step and paused , listening . ’ |
| 21 | Georg slammed the door shut , climbed back into the driver 's seat , started the engine , and put his foot on the accelerator even before his father was properly in . |
| 22 | He saw a car turning left , tried to move out of the way , put his foot on the brake and then the accelerator went down as well . |
| 23 | The man came into the store , stamped his foot on the mat and went to the counter . |
| 24 | As she set her foot on the first one she turned involuntarily and gave one last look at the parade — and started uncomfortably at what she saw . |