Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] on the ground " in BNC.
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| 1 | This enabled the banks to pull out on the grounds that involvement was not commercially justifiable . |
| 2 | He felt something like battle-fatigue — a great desire to lie down on the ground with his hands over his ears and take no further part in the war . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The scope for an entrepreneur to get in on the ground floor and turn petrol stations into shops supplying parts and oils was obvious — to those with an eye for business . |
| 5 | Eddie Thorning and I saw a great opportunity to get in on the ground floor , and make money by gaining competitive advantage through an oil-and-parts offer to workshops and petrol stations . ’ |