Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] [prep] the ground " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once this is achieved the flysheet is draped over and pegged to the ground . |
| 2 | Walterkin grinned widely and stared at the ground as he strode along . |
| 3 | Attached to the bottom of the betalite , which is encased in a plastic tube for protection , is a length of braided terylene tied at the other end to my back rod-rest , so that when I strike the indicator pulls off and drops to the ground . |
| 4 | Spurred on again by a stream of oaths , it staggered a few paces further and sank to the ground , defeated . |
| 5 | The roots torn up and bleeding on the ground and the woman smashed by life 's storms were to him interchangeable images . |
| 6 | Good flowering is dependent on temperature , the ideal being between 20 and 25°C but if growing conditions are too favourable when the flowering takes place , essential nutrients rush up to the tips , not to the clusters , wood growth takes precedence and the barely formed seeds dry up and fall to the ground . |
| 7 | Anyone is welcome to jump aboard and share petrol costs , or just meet up and continue to the ground together … |
| 8 | It could be picked up and thrown to the ground below , but this would be incredibly dangerous . |
| 9 | ‘ But then he turned left and dived into the ground . ’ |
| 10 | The 28-year-old was walking along a footpath near Pendleton Road , Darlington , when the was jumped on from behind and pushed to the ground . |
| 11 | The 32-year-old woman was attacked in Arkendale Street at 1.20am after being grabbed from behind and knocked to the ground . |
| 12 | When I open it , a load of bits of paper fall out and flutter to the ground . |
| 13 | Within seconds of her uttering those words , 11-year-old Allibar reared its head back and collapsed to the ground with a massive coronary . |
| 14 | So I flipped around and made for the ground , I 'd completely lost my bearings , I did n't recognize it , did n't even know which panel it was . |
| 15 | I was raced forward , pushed back , spun around and thrown to the ground . |
| 16 | I pranced about and lay on the ground and turned the lens through 45 degrees and stepped in pore-scouringly close , but what I was really doing , what I was after , was a good shot of Stuart 's double chin . |
| 17 | Stephanie comes forward and lies on the ground . |
| 18 | The aircraft pitched rapidly forward and dived into the ground from a height of about 800 feet , the major impact being about 3.5 kilometres from the threshold of the runway at Lusaka International Airport . |