Everything she wore, down to her boots and even her bootlaces so neatly threaded and knotted, was mysterious and provocative.
Mr. Twist tied his bootlaces with such annoyance that he got them into knots.
Note the fine details revealed, down to the metal tags of the bootlace and the nails in the heel of the boot.
With the hairpin one could easily make a fair fish-hook—and with a bootlace or a good hemp cord one could make a rabbit snare.
In that instance, a man stepped off a footpath into a forecourt to tie his bootlace.
We shall finish up as a nation selling bootlaces on the street corner if that becomes our national attitude.
His mind may be absent from his bootlaces because it is far away, seeking higher things.
