Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] in the foot " in BNC.
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| 1 | He certainly shot himself in the foot , pulling out of Glastonbury and playing Finsbury Park . |
| 2 | It was bad enough having to admit that the APT train project was a dead duck , but BR shot itself in the foot and provided the cynical national media with a field day by selling off some of the vehicles to a Sheffield scrapyard . |
| 3 | The explanation has to be that the company shot itself in the foot by announcing the Sparcsystem 10 machines with such a long lead time , many would-be customers are holding back and waiting for them , and that things will not really start to pick up until those start shipping around September time — which suggests that dullness will continue for the current quarter . |
| 4 | The Army backs also had their moments , but too often the soldiers shot themselves in the foot as the critical pass was dropped or the wrong option taken . |
| 5 | It is true that there were unforeseen obstacles for Hibs to overcome — not least of which was an ankle injury to goalkeeper Chris Reid who was stretchered off after 37 minutes after a 50-50 challenge with Colin West — but it was difficult to disagree with Alex Miller 's belief that Hibs shot themselves in the foot . |