Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] to the ground " in BNC.

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1 As he stood up , Yanto arrived and threw his bike into a beautifully controlled side skid , jumping off just as the bike crashed to the ground .
2 Such was the force of the bump that Angel 's horse crashed to the ground , temporarily winded .
3 The wig flopped to the ground .
4 Luke tightened his grip on her and the pitchfork clattered to the ground .
5 Sliding down the pitch of the roof , hidden from the track , Trent dropped to the ground .
6 Richmann tumbled to the ground , warding off blows from Carrefour 's flailing arms .
7 He hunkered down beside her just as a flaming beam from the ceiling crashed to the ground only inches away .
8 The older McNab fell to the ground with a broken jaw .
9 The boy fell to the ground and lay there with his eyes shut .
10 The keys fell to the ground just as fast as the paper , despite the keys being a lot heavier and needing more force .
11 Sadly , they turned to leave , and when they had gone , Nancy fell to the ground in a storm of tears .
12 And sometimes , when the heaviest boulders thumped to the ground , I could feel the reverberations jolting the house .
13 The cat jumped to the ground and disappeared into the kitchen as Yanto swung his legs off the settee and sat up .
14 Here is Collimore Phillips down the right flank he was offside that was unlucky from Forest 's point of view and Collimore dumped to the ground when he played the ball away then and er he 's just holding er his shin just above his ankle there and Cooper is still in trouble from that er shoulder he injured moments ago Cooper 's all right to continue and the Forest physio Graham Myers busy treating Collimore .
15 Endill fell to the ground , dropping his tools .
16 During this war , the skies over Britain often saw a lot of aerial activity , and many planes fell to the ground damaged or in flames .
17 But the bobby fell to the ground as the raider blasted him in the groin with a shotgun .
18 The heavy grey body fell to the ground with a scree and was lost to view amid the plunging hoofs of Riven 's horse .
19 Suddenly , Matthew fell to the ground .
20 She half fell into his arms and his sword slid to the ground .
21 Violently she shook off his outstretched hand , and the English document announcing her father 's change of name fluttered to the ground .
22 Burning timbers crashed to the ground , to be extinguished in the billowing cloud of dust .
23 The move completed , Paige sank to the ground and rested her head back against the rising bulk of a tree .
24 Feathers flurried to the ground as it struggled in his hands .
25 In Luke 's story an angel came and comforted Jesus , as he prayed so earnestly that his sweat fell to the ground like drops of blood ( Luke 22:43–44 ) .
26 Re fell to the ground , weakened by the poison and in great pain .
27 The Englishman , jumping to one side , turned his sword against the King , and with a cry the King fell to the ground .
28 By 1235 , the whole question of forgery stood on a new moral and legal footing , and the corporate ambitions of the monks fell to the ground in a blaze of scandal .
29 This guaranteed that the water fell to the ground just clear of the walls , so protecting them against damp , discoloration and decay .
30 Then Holmes fell to the ground , with blood running down his face .
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