Example sentences of "[pos pn] foot as he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Jaz ’ laughed and ‘ accidentally ’ trod on my foot as he made his way to take his first throw . |
| 2 | At last he released her , setting her back on her feet as he gazed down into her strangely unfocused eyes . |
| 3 | In the next instant Travis was rising and she was set back on her feet as he put some distance between them . |
| 4 | He opened the car door and dropped his cigarette end on to the concreted surface where it glowed with vulgar ruddiness on the silver sharpness of the frost till he ground it under his foot as he stepped out . |
| 5 | He was weak and found it difficult to pick up his feet as he walked . |
| 6 | The ground was already thick with frost which crunched beneath his feet as he walked . |
| 7 | Kaas leant forward and dragged Adam to his feet as he yelled for the guards to come in and help him . |
| 8 | Riven sat up , then jumped to his feet as he saw the glitter of the eyes and the shadows moving amongst the trees . |
| 9 | It did n't taste of anything much , and it did n't hit particularly hard , but then he did n't exactly feel steady on his feet as he came to stand , either . |
| 10 | Puritan and Calvinistic tradition would not approve of actually enjoying such a ceremony and no doubt someone would have pointed out that Ruth first caught Boaz 's eye by uncovering his feet as he slept and lying alongside them . |
| 11 | He shuffled his feet as he copied the true exponents and saluted seconds after the others had finished . |
| 12 | A cloud of Gauloise smoke wafted past her ear and she became aware of a man standing behind her , stamping his feet as he waited with barely concealed impatience for the telephone . |
| 13 | He leaned forward , his forearms resting on his knees , his eyes riveted to the portable radio at his feet as he waited for the pitcher 's next delivery . |
| 14 | The landing shook beneath his feet as he tottered to the staircase and looked up . |
| 15 | He is a middle-aged man who drags his feet as he walks . |
| 16 | Curiously , Palin made a point in the commentary about how he was n't pretending that he was on his own or that there were not gruff acolytes kneeling at his feet as he spoke . |
| 17 | He could almost feel the hard unevenness of the ground under his feet as he spoke . |
| 18 | Donaldson rescued the bowl and placed it between his feet as he sat down . |