Example sentences of "feet [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She struggled to her feet to see him to the door . |
| 2 | ‘ The clouds beneath our feet spread themselves to the water , and the clouds of the sky almost joined them . ’ |
| 3 | The entire world shrank to the mere fifteen feet separating her from the man she had thought never to see again . |
| 4 | Her head beat from side to side and she said , ‘ Yes , yes , yes , yes , ’ again , then Lachlan — wiry , athletic-looking , skinny shanks ramming back and forth like some skinny bull — reached under her , pulled her up , his legs spreading , kneeling ; she hung onto him , arms round his neck , then after a few vertical stabs he threw her down , back onto the bed ; she grunted , arms still tight round his back , then she brought her legs up , right up over his thin , plunging , globe-buttocked behind , until her ankles were in the small of his back , rocking to and fro , feet crossed one over the other , locked there ; with one splayed hand she held onto his back , pressing him to her , and with the other hand she felt down the length of his body , over ribs and waist and hips , and with another grunt reached round and under , taking his balls in her hand , pressing them and kneading them and squeezing them . |
| 5 | If this is an improvised one such as a pierced cake tin , without feet to raise it from the plate on which it drains , set it in the top of a basin , mixing bowl , saucepan , wide jar , or any vessel in which it will fit without actually resting on the bottom . |
| 6 | At the end of the afternoon 's events the Head makes an emotional speech praising my athleticism , my versatility , my stamina and my humility as he kneels at my feet to present me with the ‘ School 's Outstanding Sportsperson of the Decade ’ award . |
| 7 | I felt strange , almost disembodied , but my feet carried me to the green door and I pushed it open . |