Example sentences of "fling [pron] to the ground " in BNC.
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| 1 | He summoned all the archbishops and bishops who were with him in Sicily and flung himself to the ground at their feet . |
| 2 | She wanted to fling herself to the ground , to lie there with her body pressed against the purple glory . |
| 3 | They would also mingle with unwary humans for spite , selling jewellery and magic cloth at the village fete — when the purchaser leant to pick up the item , the fee would twist his arm and fling him to the ground . |
| 4 | The pedestrian only slipped off when the motorist turned sharply into a side street , flinging him to the ground . |
| 5 | Both men were making angry gestures and at one point Fernand brandished the crowbar under Gebrec 's nose before flinging it to the ground in a melodramatic gesture of apparent capitulation . |
| 6 | The meadow began to mushroom with tents and huts and the street theatre erupted into an explosion of living history , the performers flinging themselves to the ground and then leaping into the air as and when the idea occurred and making funny faces all the while . |
| 7 | Unlike the runners or the cuistots , when carrying a wounded man the unhappy musiciens/ brancardiers could not fling themselves to the ground each time a shell screamed overhead . |