Example sentences of "[verb] down [prep] [art] ground " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had to sit down on the ground . |
| 2 | He led them to within thirty yards of the unsuspecting deer , then motioned for Joseph to sit down on the ground at the edge of the plain . |
| 3 | I was milking my goats in the field , and he got down on the ground and put his head near my foot . |
| 4 | He said that his men were held back by the heat of the fire , which stripped plaster from the walls , burnt floorboards and brought ceilings crashing down onto the ground floor of the semidetached house . |
| 5 | I spent a little while there and enjoyed a helicopter trip for the very first time , although not without considerable trepidation having once or twice seen pictures of them whizzing down to the ground in pieces . |
| 6 | The Immense parasites twining round the trees taking root some of them at the tops of the trees and hanging down to the ground , others surrounding the trees like a crown — heard the bell bird with his incessant ting ting , the coachwhip bird & c. — a heavy shower of rain accompanied by lightning — soon cleared up — every green thing looked more beautiful for its sprinkling . ’ |
| 7 | He was breathless with the effort of clinging precariously to the limited footholds and it was time , he decided , to risk climbing down to the ground . |
| 8 | She sank down to the ground , hugging her knees and rocking herself back and forth to keep warm . |
| 9 | The lift doors closed across his exclamation of relief and frustration and he was carried down to the ground floor . |
| 10 | Blake apparently broke one of the cast-iron sections of the frame , creating a space through which he could crawl , and then dropped down to the ground below , a distance of 22 feet , which was broken by the roof of a covered passageway . |
| 11 | But I will never forget that time we both watched your father walking back and forth in front of the summerhouse , looking down at the ground as though he hoped to find some precious jewel he had dropped there . ’ |
| 12 | He cites the Chinese gesture of bowing down to the ground nine times before an emperor . |
| 13 | They were quite far apart , it was light but still felt enclosed : you could look up and see the high tops of the pines swaying in a wind that you could n't feel down on the ground . |
| 14 | Here the toe of the club should point straight up into the air , the clubshaft should be on the plane established at address and the back of the left wrist should be facing outwards , not turned down towards the ground or facing the sky . |
| 15 | ‘ That should suit you right down to the ground . ’ |
| 16 | Then , before she realised it , they had stopped and she was pushed down to the ground next to Sung , her back to him . |
| 17 | The authorities also drafted regulations to circumscribe public activity in Tiananmen Square itself , which included the prohibition of any memorial activity and of " joking and playing , sitting and lying down on the ground " . |
| 18 | Peering down at the ground between his feet , John saw the box , its lid stamped ‘ J.M. ’ in sharp Roman capitals by a pal in the dye-works across the road . |
| 19 | I mean what what sort of things happen down on the ground ground level ? |
| 20 | He took her roughly by the hair and pushed her face down into the ground . |
| 21 | The impact as well as the shock of the bullet wound knocked him crashing face down to the ground , his legs all mixed up with the trolley 's wheels . |
| 22 | I could feel the blast on my back as I was pitched forward , landing face down on the ground unable to move and gasping for breath . |
| 23 | I was lying face down on the ground . |
| 24 | As arranged , the front rank of Covenanters were ordered to be steady , aim , fire and lie down on the ground . |
| 25 | Ramblers were often trained as weeping standards , with their stems tied to a vertical pole and then fanned out over a series of hoops to cascade down to the ground . |
| 26 | ‘ I thought you were someone else , ’ explained Endill as he climbed down to the ground . |
| 27 | He knew that by-and-by , when they were ripe , they would drop down into the ground ; there they would keep soft and warm for a while , then they would grow into more plants , with seeds , so there would always be plants on the earth … |
| 28 | Then we wrapped ourselves in every bit of clothing we could find and lay down on the ground to get some sleep . |
| 29 | I was rescued and brought down to the ground . |
| 30 | Turning , she rushed to the stairs and started down to the ground floor . |