Example sentences of "[verb] them [verb] [prep] the ground " in BNC.

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1 He let them trail on the ground .
2 As he turned to close the door of the tower behind them , she let them fall to the ground again .
3 This caused them to sink into the ground until the crossbar was only two inches above the grass .
4 Later , Provenzano flew over a stolen car and circled while the patrolmen on the ground arrested four black men inside , forcing them to lie on the ground to be checked for weapons .
5 It is believed the platform of the hoist toppled over the first floor balcony sending them crashing to the ground floor .
6 It snatched at the windows in the nearby houses and set them rattling in their frames ; it whooshed over the slates and plucked at the loose ones , prising them away and sending them spinning to the ground ; it scurried down through the garden gates , hoisted up handfuls of dead leaves and paper and kicked them scurrying down the pavement .
7 He jumped up , pulling the lower branches of the tree down and clipped off stems , letting them fall to the ground .
8 Dulé passed them and remembered how he had only felt wonder , not this stab of pleasure , when first he saw them sleeping on the ground near Ariel 's cabin that long year ago .
9 Then he saw them lying on the ground , but not complete clubs , just the heads with their covers on , protruding from a detachable section that could be removed to expose the empty cylinder of the golf-bag .
10 Leaves danced curlicues on the pavement as the wind ripped them from the plane trees and sent them scurrying along the ground .
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