Example sentences of "[verb] one foot " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because Burma is not a rich country the potential for racketeering is limited , and shrugged off , For those Burmese who want one foot in the material world , at least so far as the occasional bottle of Scotch is concerned , the black market exists . |
| 2 | Symbolically the worker has one foot on the edge of the bog , reaching out to hold the hand of the person trampling in it , but the second foot of the worker is on firm land , to help pull the person out . |
| 3 | Dead metaphors also have a certain syntactic rigidity ; the quality of being ‘ dead ’ is closely tied to a particular syntactic form , and with any modification the metaphor springs to life : compare He has one foot in the grave and One of his feet is in the grave . |
| 4 | He opens the door no wider than an old lady would , and I notice he has one foot firmly behind it just in case . |
| 5 | She ran at him now , driving one foot up , kicking him with all her force between the legs . |
| 6 | To understand how this could be done , let's start with a simple example : the word ‘ twenty ’ has one strong and one weak syllable , forming one foot . |
| 7 | Erm , got back here about quarter past nine , which was great , cos it meant I could watch One Foot in the Grave . |
| 8 | He lifted one foot up and placed it heavily in front of the other , making a slow progression to the gate . |
| 9 | I lifted one foot to the top of the parapet . |
| 10 | He lifted one foot , then the other , stepped out of his leather casuals then the clothes and socks . |
| 11 | The Campbell lifted one foot in the air . |
| 12 | Do not , however , record every time you put one foot in front of the other . |
| 13 | Put one foot in front of the other , the only way home . |
| 14 | I have learned to please , to gauge and sniff the air before I move off , to swing my head from side to side as I put one foot carefully in front of the other , ears and hair raised to twang on the slightest change in the atmosphere . |
| 15 | She promised violent action if the social workers put one foot on the stairs , and went to get the children up and dressed herself , accompanied and watched by a policewoman ; then her eight-year-old daughter and nine-year-old son were taken away without further comment , but the policewoman encouraged the children to take some clothes and other possessions with them . |
| 16 | I put one foot on his shoulder and as I climbed up , making room for him , he raised himself and finally stood on the platform , helping me as far as possible . |
| 17 | With the woman urging me , I put one foot ahead of the other and we started to move . |
| 18 | Put one foot before the other |
| 19 | Ari was invisible inside a spinning maelstrom of spitting light , although Leila could see one foot jerking at its perimeter . |
| 20 | My hearing 's not what it was , but I have n't got one foot in the grave . |
| 21 | But then to us they all had the same accent — they were just Yanks , chewing gum , blocking our paths wherever we went , aggravatingly sure of themselves and their instant appeal to all females who had n't actually got one foot in the grave . |
| 22 | Thinking of his earlier remark , Cassie said bluntly : ‘ Well , I 've only just about got one foot in the middle class bracket , myself , so perhaps you 'd be slumming if you made love to me , which is so obviously what you have in mind . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You 've got one foot in the seminary already . |
| 24 | ‘ Do n't make me feel I 've got one foot in the grave already ! |
| 25 | That tape 's got One Foot in the Grave on it ? |
| 26 | He rested one foot on the fence and leant forward , hawking loudly , sending a projectile of sputum into the river below . |
| 27 | He swung one foot out , to the next joist , then put out one hand and felt for the next rafter ; he transferred his weight carefully . |
| 28 | Today the Royals can not relax for a second , can not step one foot outside their own home without being met by a barrage of photographers waiting for them to make the smallest slip . |
| 29 | , yes , I like one foot on the ground . |
| 30 | I did n't actually see anyone touch their forelock , but from the moment when Mrs Field accompanied the entry of the turkey with blasts of a hunting horn , to shots of Hannah primly seated , timidly moving one foot to the music , I knew this was a world far removed , not only in distance but in time , from the pace of urban life in which I move . ’ |