Example sentences of "[pron] to the ground " in BNC.
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| 1 | In certain styles of kung fu , methods of combat are practised for taking someone to the ground with a sweep , called a ‘ take-down ’ . |
| 2 | Just to try & redress the balance here ; - ) I watched the goals on MOTD and I must say that Speed did appear to wrestle someone to the ground ( def. free kick ) . |
| 3 | The boy looked up at the plane , then threw himself to the ground . |
| 4 | Then he goes forward , as he must , to meet Esau himself , ‘ bowing himself to the ground seven times ’ as he goes . |
| 5 | When God appeared to Abraham in the guise of three strangers in need of hospitality , Abraham greeted them by bowing himself to the ground once ( 18.2 ) . |
| 6 | The father jumped out of his car and began to run to where his son had thrown himself to the ground . |
| 7 | Following through in a single smooth action , Manville threw himself to the ground and rolled out of the doorway on to the sidewalk . |
| 8 | He summoned all the archbishops and bishops who were with him in Sicily and flung himself to the ground at their feet . |
| 9 | Sikes quickly tied the rope around the chimney , then began to tie the other end around himself , ready to lower himself to the ground behind the house . |
| 10 | Jackson lowered himself to the ground . |
| 11 | Joseph watched Tran Van Hieu 's father lower himself to the ground with difficulty for the third time . |
| 12 | ‘ You run and stumble and I bear you to the ground . ’ |
| 13 | She wanted to fling herself to the ground , to lie there with her body pressed against the purple glory . |
| 14 | Standing on top of the wooden staircase she hurled herself to the ground , landing in a heap at the bottom . |
| 15 | Protesting , Geoffrey moved to one side as Bridget lowered herself to the ground . |
| 16 | ‘ One dog jumped up and bit off my ear then they pulled me to the ground . |
| 17 | There was cramp in my neck and arms and I was so tired that it seemed almost as if a malevolent magnetism was trying to drag me to the ground . |
| 18 | There were no brakes , and if I had stumbled , then the bar that ran between the shafts behind me would have caught me in the back and either dragged me along or knocked me to the ground . |
| 19 | ‘ Then , late in the game , Ray Wilkins grabbed me by the shirt and threw me to the ground with a judo throw . |
| 20 | He repeated once more , for Theo 's benefit , his fateful words on that summer day : ‘ Kee , I love you as myself … ’ and her reply , ‘ No , never never ’ , which fell on him like a death sentence , ‘ and for the moment it absolutely crushed me to the ground ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ It hauled me to the ground with a thump and started mauling me on the back and neck . ’ |
| 22 | I was now twenty metres up in the air , and I desperately hoped he would not decide to throw me to the ground . |
| 23 | He threw me to the ground and hit me again and again with his heavy stick . |
| 24 | Felix threw me to the ground and hit me again and again with his heavy stick . |
| 25 | Even so , the cherry berets threw me to the ground , kicking me in the ribs as they frisked me for weapons . |
| 26 | Release me and restore me to the ground ; |
| 27 | " It was you who pulled me to the ground ? " |
| 28 | They got hold of me and pushed me to the ground then they took the money in my pockets . |
| 29 | They got hold of me and pushed me to the ground then they took the money in my pockets . |
| 30 | Two of my other men came running over and they had to pin me to the ground . |