Example sentences of "it on the ground " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a trick that might just save the life of the bird if a cat has caught it and then placed it on the ground for a moment before starting to pluck it . |
| 2 | The teacher then took a length of string , cut it to the height of the child and laid it on the ground on top of the shadow of Leanne . |
| 3 | The engine ran smooth and strong after several hours of running it on the ground . |
| 4 | Or if you spread it on the ground you could study it like tea-leaves and read the future there . |
| 5 | Another method of learning to hover with the model facing you is to place it on the ground in this attitude and learn to fly again from scratch . |
| 6 | ‘ You landed it on the ground ! |
| 7 | At Cabinets on 9 , 10 and 11 December he cautiously defended it on the ground that Hoare must have known more than they did , and defended also the continuation of Hoare 's holiday , although this by then had become more of a matter of nursing than of recreation , for he had fallen on the ice and broken his nose in two places . |
| 8 | The male then extrudes a packet of sperm from the genital opening beneath his thorax and deposits it on the ground . |
| 9 | And then I 'll sell it to another store that sells it on the ground floor . ’ |
| 10 | He was playing with his fist inside a glass jar , banging it on the ground then licking it . |
| 11 | Lord Salisbury did offer the Rolls to Clarke , who declined it on the ground that it would put an end to his political career , though he added that he would accept being made a Law Lord . |
| 12 | Snowing patiently , for there was much of it on the ground , many snowdrops to be restored like white souls to the heavens . |
| 13 | The customers in return sneered at the clothing offered to them , and flung it on the ground . |
| 14 | Then he pulled the mask off his face and threw it on the ground . |
| 15 | Corbett undid his cloak and dropped it on the ground . |
| 16 | We voted against it on the ground that it seemed absurd to respond to a crisis in the beef sector simply by throwing yet more money into a system which has not been reformed . |
| 17 | Put it on the ground and back up . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Tell me , ’ said Ali , ‘ why do they bring their filth before us and spread it on the ground like raiment ? ’ |
| 19 | He withdrew it and threw it on the ground . |
| 20 | Wyn-rajathuk shook the pouch , then banged it on the ground , then struck it against his shoulders ; he chanted softly as he made the rhythmic movements , and the words were nonsense words . |
| 21 | For them , they played it on the ground , and so their forwards could get to the ball … or pressure the defence for a back pass , or a throw in . |
| 22 | ‘ I was , ’ he told her , snatching the blanket from his shoulder and spreading it on the ground . |
| 23 | Lying on your left side , resting your head on one arm , bend your right leg and rest it on the ground in front of you . |
| 24 | all it was was a box really , a box which you could get off a , a , a machine and dump it on the ground , erm the idea came from , from er I think dustcarts really , where , where you could sort of tip them up and , and they 'd empty , and that , that was this early thought on it er |
| 25 | Got big stones out the big garden and he , what he 'd to do , put it on the ground and then he like this with his paw , see ? |