Example sentences of "feet and [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A rabbit dodged between her feet and made it to the hedgerow . |
| 2 | He was kissing her hungrily , then he lifted her off her feet and carried her to the water 's edge , resting her on the sand so that their bodies could feel the gentle ebb and fall of the sea against them . |
| 3 | Seizing her wrist , he hauled her to her feet and dragged her through the small hall and into a side-room with a wide , specially designed window on the north wall . |
| 4 | They had grasped her by the wrists and feet and dragged her to the neighbouring room . |
| 5 | The boys stood this for as long as was decent , and then , after a particularly heavy blow to the head , the brothers grabbed the Bosnian refugee by both feet and up-ended him over the sand . |
| 6 | The first person puts the banana on their feet and passes it to the next . |
| 7 | ‘ You do n't wash your feet and put them on the dirty floor , do you ? ’ he asked as he got ready for the guests who would soothe the painful passage towards the critics . |
| 8 | And when they picked us out they used to put the rubber on the ground pick the dirt out of their feet and put it into their manger , not throw it away , put it into their manger because horses love to lick mud . |
| 9 | He threw his head back with laughter then hauled her to her feet and hugged her to him . |
| 10 | Instinctively he waved it from his face before getting to his feet and brushing it from the lapels of his overcoat . |
| 11 | Salt shook her shoulder and when that made no difference , dragged her to her feet and propelled her to the small book-lined room known as the study . |
| 12 | And with that he bent over and lifted me to my feet and told me to be off , which I did not need to be told twice to do . |
| 13 | Vi jumped to her feet and followed him to the door of the church , wincing in the sweet , cold air . |
| 14 | He loosened the gyves , dragged Corbett to his feet and bundled him through the door , along the passage and up the steps into the pure , dear air . |
| 15 | Or perhaps it could be the heart-stopping finale where they finally , sorry , break the ice , and after a quick peckeroo execute the near impossible Pamchenko manoeuvre ( basically he grabs her by the feet and spins her in increasing circles , and she prays he does n't let go ) . |
| 16 | Despite his terror of darkness and subterranean places , he wanted the ground to open at his feet and swallow him into its blackest hole . |
| 17 | When on the ground , they walk on the sides of their clenched feet and support themselves with their hands . |
| 18 | He extracted a small , oddly-shaped , yellow and white stone from the bag at his feet and offered it to her . |
| 19 | The latter turned his head as the door shut behind her , coming to his feet and raking her with a glance that was both sharp and insolent . |
| 20 | Daniel got down , put an arm round her thick middle , hoisted her silently to her feet and pulled her towards the bedroom . |
| 21 | He wedged his clothes into a gap between boulders above the waterline , then grabbed Carey 's feet and pulled him towards the edge . |
| 22 | On our return the Agent had gone and the women were calm , unlike Bustos , that foolish puppy , spinning at my feet and fixing me with his heartbroken eyes . |
| 23 | With a cheery wave he left them , and Kathleen helped the man to his feet and put him in a wheelchair . |
| 24 | He pulled Rosheen and Klift to their feet and shoved them through the door . |
| 25 | Ruth shot to her feet and faced him across the table . |
| 26 | Consider the king penguin : the male is the one that incubates the egg , carrying it around on its feet and protecting it for months from the Antarctic weather with a fold of its lower belly … |
| 27 | Colleague Evelyn Cookson and a stranger hoisted Tammy to her feet and helped her into a waiting ambulance . |
| 28 | Suddenly the man bent and grabbed the leather thong , swinging the hound off its feet and hurling it against the tree . |
| 29 | Whitlock sprung to his feet and caught him on the side of the head with a stinging haymaker then followed up with two brutal body punches that dropped him to his knees . |