Example sentences of "put [pron] foot on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | With every nerve on edge and my heart pumping I put my foot on the first stair . |
| 2 | But I took the insole out put her foot on the insole and her foot goes over the top of it . |
| 3 | ‘ For God 's sake , ’ said Ellen , ‘ you put your foot on the accelerator not the brake . |
| 4 | You rely on speed and on raising an lowering the tappet , so when you put your foot on the decelerator it drops the tappet down and stops the value opening , then you 're on full compression and then you pull up , and that 's your main brake . |
| 5 | But we want him to put his foot on the ball and try to weigh things up . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Rachaela put her foot on the red Persian carpet and started up , out of the scarlet ambience of the lamp . |
| 8 | Nora put her foot on the jar . |
| 9 | Thus having sold Rocky we are left with no-one who can put his foot on the ball and control the game ( Macca excepted ) . |
| 10 | 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 ? |
| 11 | Philip put his foot on the ledge and his hands on the window and wriggled through . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He put his foot on the accelerator and surged across the street in Anfield , Liverpool . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He put his foot on the accelerator and dipped his headlights . |
| 17 | He put his foot on the accelerator and the taxi shot forward . |
| 18 | He put his foot on the accelerator , he wanted to get there . |
| 19 | He put his foot on the first step and paused , listening . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | When the driver pushes the throttle button or puts his foot on the pedal , there is none of the usual mechanical linkage there to swing into action . |
| 23 | ROS puts his foot on the coin . |
| 24 | This is a perfect time for us to be putting our foot on the accelerator and move ahead , ’ says Colin Mitchell . |