Example sentences of "[vb past] to the floor " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to his owner , who witnessed the spectacle , Jessie rose gracefully toward the ceiling like a space shuttle and , after lingering in mid-air for what seemed an eternity , crashed to the floor and fled the house with a speed and agility the owner found quite amazing . |
| 2 | He stumbled backwards and struck a bed screen that crashed to the floor , bringing him with it . |
| 3 | The lights crashed to the floor . |
| 4 | In their bedroom something crashed to the floor , which immediately woke one of the twins who began to howl . |
| 5 | A giant of a man made for Thiercelin , but tripped over a fallen comrade and crashed to the floor . |
| 6 | Amazingly this must have been the final straw for it , because its top hinge broke and it swivelled on the bottom one , narrowly missing Miss Louise before it crashed to the floor . |
| 7 | Every few minutes a plate crashed to the floor . |
| 8 | Another plate crashed to the floor and Alice jumped . |
| 9 | The keys crashed to the floor next to Gedanken ; the piece of paper followed , slowly fluttering from side to side like a snowflake . |
| 10 | Adam stumbled backward , tripped over the steel fireplace screen , then lost his balance and crashed to the floor . |
| 11 | Adam picked her up in his arms and laid her on her desk : reports slithered off it and the Cartier clock crashed to the floor . |
| 12 | It shattered against panelling and crashed to the floor in jagged shards of tin . |
| 13 | Together they crashed to the floor , and then rolled apart . |
| 14 | For instance , the afternoon when Twomey 's touch with the tea tray 's unfolding legs , successful for forty years , failed him , and teapot , Spode teacups , scones , sandwiches and blackcurrant jam crashed to the floor . |
| 15 | He felt as though someone had kicked his leg away from him , and he crashed to the floor . |
| 16 | Some glasses crashed to the floor . |
| 17 | The room was rippling with the sounds of their scuffle as they fought in bitter silence , knocking into wooden furniture , she trying to get away , he trying to get her to the bed until they fell against a nightstand and it crashed to the floor . |
| 18 | But she was alone when she climbed over the raised cot sides of her bed and crashed to the floor , injuring her head . |
| 19 | John bent to the floor , picked something up and said : ‘ Excuse me , is that a bit of your brain ? ’ |
| 20 | When he bent to the floor and picked up her dress and draped it anyhow over her , though making sure that her breasts , which he had just termed ‘ exquisite ’ , were covered , she knew he was very much off her too . |
| 21 | But as they sank to the floor , naturally , Jay sensed a tension in Lucy . |
| 22 | Left and right hooks followed each other until the frightened tailor sank to the floor . |
| 23 | Sobbing , Herman Katz sank to the floor , drawing in his arms and legs as he assumed a foetal ball , trying to return to the safety of his mother 's womb . |
| 24 | Yet as she sank to the floor and died they fell back , they shrank back and made the space for her she had needed for life . |
| 25 | Connor drove home a pile-driver blow to the solar plexus ; the man 's knees buckled , and he sank to the floor , with no fight left in him . |
| 26 | He screwed them up and sank to the floor . |
| 27 | Piper O'Rourke sank to the floor , her chest heaving , unable to draw breath . |
| 28 | Overwhelmed by the devastating revelation , she sank to the floor , crying jerkily while Lucenzo watched imperviously , not moving a single muscle . |
| 29 | A billowing wave of darkness rose up and sucked her to its depths , and she sank to the floor . |
| 30 | The roof itself was holed in places , and melting snow dripped to the floor and spread in muddy puddles . |