Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] it [prep] the ground " in BNC.
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| 1 | The engine ran smooth and strong after several hours of running it on the ground . |
| 2 | ‘ A big thing ; Edwin was largely responsible for getting it off the ground . |
| 3 | Both men were making angry gestures and at one point Fernand brandished the crowbar under Gebrec 's nose before flinging it to the ground in a melodramatic gesture of apparent capitulation . |
| 4 | He offered the pink blossom to his chick , who twirled it in front of her briefly lit face before dropping it to the ground . |
| 5 | He was only restrained from burning it to the ground by Harcourt , who urged him to ‘ be a little less impetuous and content yourself with what you have done ’ . |
| 6 | In its better forms , such as the Avro 504 and the various Moths , the wooden biplane was almost everlasting and the structure could really only be broken by flying it into the ground . |