Example sentences of "[pos pn] feet as he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At last he released her , setting her back on her feet as he gazed down into her strangely unfocused eyes . |
| 2 | In the next instant Travis was rising and she was set back on her feet as he put some distance between them . |
| 3 | He was weak and found it difficult to pick up his feet as he walked . |
| 4 | The ground was already thick with frost which crunched beneath his feet as he walked . |
| 5 | Kaas leant forward and dragged Adam to his feet as he yelled for the guards to come in and help him . |
| 6 | Riven sat up , then jumped to his feet as he saw the glitter of the eyes and the shadows moving amongst the trees . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He shuffled his feet as he copied the true exponents and saluted seconds after the others had finished . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The landing shook beneath his feet as he tottered to the staircase and looked up . |
| 13 | He is a middle-aged man who drags his feet as he walks . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He could almost feel the hard unevenness of the ground under his feet as he spoke . |
| 16 | Donaldson rescued the bowl and placed it between his feet as he sat down . |