Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [prep] the ground " in BNC.
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| 1 | For sticking into the ground . |
| 2 | " " Woodnesse " " , " madness " , itself becomes a theme of the tale , as Nicholas screams " " as he were wood " " ( 3814 ) on being branded , and Alison and Nicholas assert that John was " " wood " " after crashing to the ground in his tub ( 3833 ) . |
| 3 | Hateley was shown the red card for pushing away defender Rudi Cossey , who indulged in some play-acting after tumbling to the ground . |
| 4 | He was booked by Gallagher for ungentlemanly conduct after falling to the ground as he squared up to Pearce . |
| 5 | The study aims to describe and analyse how the various actors involved in police policy-making — the Home Office , Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Constabulary , the Home Secretary , the police authorities , pressure and community groups , political parties , the media , as well as the police themselves — interact to produce changes in the style , organisation or operation of policing on the ground . |
| 6 | But instead of crashing to the ground , I was caught , by my trousers , on a pin in her clothes . |
| 7 | I 've not had the benefit of walking round the grounds of Skelton Hall . |
| 8 | My nine-year-old son recently told me of dreaming of swinging violently in the hammock ( something he frequently does during the summer ) and falling out ( again , a frequent occurrence ) , but instead of landing on the ground he floated , and started a floating dream in which he effortlessly travelled around the garden suspended above the ground . |
| 9 | The Zambian capital of Lusaka , and surrounding towns , may be in danger of sinking into the ground because of the increasing numbers of water boreholes being drilled in the area . |
| 10 | Parachuting is just a means of getting to the ground , once you 're there , that 's when the real work happens . |
| 11 | Parachuting is just a means of getting to the ground , once you 're there , that 's when the real work happens . |
| 12 | High structural unemployment makes alternative thinking about labour intensivity , for example more acceptable ; with less money available , small scale and community based schemes , using local resources and motivated by indigenous imagination stand far more chance of getting off the ground , provided they can obtain the right kind of encouragement and support . |
| 13 | The artist conveys in the strain reflected in the god 's features the physical effort of rising from the ground with his heavy load . |
| 14 | Topknot , who had been muttering to himself , stood up suddenly and spoke very sharply at great length , with a lot of pointing to the ground and to the sky . |
| 15 | By the end of the 1960s many economists were critical of this policy of fine-tuning on the grounds that it added to rather than reduced the instability of the economy . |
| 16 | Surface-dwelling rodents like guinea pigs and agoutis , in contrast to their burrowing relatives , can run almost as soon as they are born , and the calves of wildebeest , born while the herd is on migration , can stand up and trot after their mother within five minutes of dropping to the ground . |
| 17 | Massive structural changes were necessary to facilitate a move onto the land ; legs were needed — or at least became handy — to relieve the pressure of the amphibious bodies hitherto capable only of slithering along the ground . |
| 18 | Far too many amateurs place the ball forward in their stance when pitching , therefore increasing their chance of digging into the ground before the back of the ball . |
| 19 | Sometimes his decisions are made on grounds of convenience : after most newspapers in Britain committed contempt of court over the arrest of " Yorkshire Ripper " Peter Sutcliffe , the Attorney decided against prosecuting on the ground that he would have to put dozens of editors in the dock . |
| 20 | The store features Europe 's leading design houses across more than 4,500 square feet , with tailoring on the ground floor and chic casuals upstairs . |
| 21 | If people need a rest on the way what 's wrong with sitting on the ground ? |
| 22 | You start the game with three Sopwith Camels ( the best Allied aircraft of WWI ) , each of which can absorb four hits before crashing to the ground . |
| 23 | For millions of years , however , the native plants of Australia have prevented the accumulated salt from sinking into the ground water . |
| 24 | providing tension to the girders ( bones ) and cables ( tendons ) that keep us from crumpling to the ground at any instant . |
| 25 | Before turning to the grounds of appeal there are two matters which I must mention which are of some importance . |
| 26 | The malai jumped a mile-you could see he 'd nearly had a heart-attack — before heading for the ground , shouting our number and whereabouts to his friends . |
| 27 | EAST Anglians hoping to catch a glimpse of the biggest fly-past for 40 years were left disappointed yesterday as rain and cloud conspired stopped the 149-aircraft spectacular from getting off the ground . |
| 28 | Smoke particles , with dioxins attached , can travel for long distances before falling to the ground and settling on vegetation , soil and — because dioxins are practically insoluble — to solids in water . |
| 29 | However , facing into the wind while waiting for a launch , a tyre on the wing-tip is just a convenient way of preventing the wing from lifting off the ground . |
| 30 | To the massed spectators in the stands , flung in an instant from joyous acclaim of a Royal winner to horrified , dumbfounded silence , Devon Loch had seemed to leap at an imaginary obstacle before slithering to the ground and skidding along to a halt , the momentum throwing Francis up on to the horse 's neck . |