Example sentences of "burn it [prep] the ground " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carl Glenn , a commission investigator , describing events in El Chorrillo , a poor , primarily Black neighbourhood located near the Panamanian Defense Force headquarters , where 10,000 were made homeless , said : US troops bombed the community , shelled it with heavy artillery , strafed it and finally burned it to the ground . |
| 2 | He and Buccleuch then went to Hector of Hardlaw 's house and burned it to the ground . |
| 3 | FOUR years after it was burned it to the ground in a disastrous fire , a Catholic church is rising from the ashes . |
| 4 | He was only restrained from burning it to the ground by Harcourt , who urged him to ‘ be a little less impetuous and content yourself with what you have done ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ I asked Sir John to burn it to the ground but Rachel played him like a piece of string around her finger . |