Sentence examples for be a foot from inspiring English sources

High scores may be a foot in the door, but that may be it.

"I've always wanted to be a foot taller," Mr. Conran said of the stool.

The completed crew cabin, seven feet across, will be a foot wider than Alvin's.

It was my good fortune to be a foot soldier in this grand upheaval.

"This could just be a foot in the door, so to speak.

For those who want to stay, it can also be a foot in the door.

But change is a-foot.

It turned out to be a foot-long, two-inch-diameter pipe packed with enough explosive powder and nuts and bolts to hurt and possibly kill someone.

Still, it was estimated to be a foot-and-a-half long, and might grow to weigh more than two pounds — four times larger than your average garbage rat.

You will be a foot-and-a-half taller than those rough boys who keep throwing your bag in the bin and you will let them know about it.

"There's a foot!" he said.