Fido dropped its bit of debris, lifted one front leg.

Her legs lifted and folded over his back like wings.

You will find this task so much easier if the dog is used to the routine of having its leg lifted.

This leaves the working leg straightened but lifted slightly off the floor.

Charles Wallace scrambled to his feet, lifted one leg, then the other.

She was leaning against the bulkhead, her left leg lifted gingerly off the ground.

I forced myself to do fifty push-ups and leg lifts as compensation.

From a standing position, the left leg lifts backwards.

It turned out to be Nona's; her shapely leg lifted as she sat up.

After all, the legs are lifting the upper body; they're not lifting themselves off the ground).