Example sentences of "[adv prt] to the floor [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The handshake was a stupid idea as she was still holding Darren , but she let him slide down to the floor and we shook . |
| 2 | He leapt down to the floor and made two gigantic walls of books , trapping Mr Fractor between them . |
| 3 | Anyone who has difficulty in getting down to the floor and up is safer exercising on a firm mattress . |
| 4 | In another , stalactites reached down to the floor and they walked through a forest of pillars . |
| 5 | He reached down to the floor and folded back the carpet . |
| 6 | Slowly , he swung his feet down to the floor and sat up , experimentally flexing a pair of broad shoulders to ease an apparent tension . |
| 7 | Ahead there was space , but her foot was pressed down to the floor and the car would n't go any faster . |
| 8 | I went down to the floor and said to him : ‘ Come into the control room and I 'll play you both ‘ takes ’ , with all their faults and imperfections . |
| 9 | And on the ones cos they were trying to s screw us down to the floor and on the popular metric where they I knew they were gon na they could find better suppliers , I was only about two per cent on some of those . |
| 10 | He squatted and started to pick them up , then let them drop back to the floor and just crouched there and put his hands over his face and started to cry . |
| 11 | It is useful to have trays with a non-skid surface and a raised rim , so that small objects do not slip on to the floor or out of reach . |
| 12 | To give the screens extra stability , screw them on to the floor or support them with hooks attached to the wall . |
| 13 | He put his feet on to the floor and saw that he still had his shoes on . |
| 14 | Alex threw himself on to the floor and rolled over and over shouting , ‘ I do n't want her ! |
| 15 | He pushes her on to the floor and lies on top of her , nearly smothering her . |
| 16 | After Dee left , we emptied the contents of our shiny carriers on to the floor and sat amid the jumble drinking coffee and trying on various ‘ finds ’ for each other 's approval , between ‘ oohs ’ and ‘ aahs ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ Blockbuster ! ’ is less satisfactory , however , a bunch of platform-heeled plodders that try in vain to get you on to the floor and dance round your handbag . |
| 18 | The tone brought Millie on to the floor and standing before Aggie , saying , ‘ I … |
| 19 | By then a stream of colourless but pungent lemon-scented oil was dripping from his hands on to the floor and the cotton-wool . |
| 20 | Jasper had got down on to the floor and was grubbing about under the carpet . |
| 21 | Jasper dropped his cigarette end on to the floor and trod it out . |
| 22 | Vigno had thrown our clothes on to the floor and poured a bottle of aftershave over them before stuffing them back into our lockers to ferment . |
| 23 | At any moment and with no warning he 'll throw himself on to the floor and do like a hundred push-ups . |
| 24 | Dazed as I was , I managed to roll on to the floor and crawl under the table as people crowded over to watch what they thought was a fight . |
| 25 | She dumped her overnight bag on to the floor and smiled at Robyn . |
| 26 | Robyn dumped her holdall on to the floor and sank on to one of the chintzy sofas . |
| 27 | Fowler tossed the papers on to the floor and went for a shower . |
| 28 | When the dancing had reached its climax , the whole crowd flung themselves on to the floor and further worked themselves up into what looked like a communal epileptic fit . |
| 29 | He had been crucified on to the floor and , like the last victim , had been alive when this had occurred . |
| 30 | The Time Lord fell on to the floor and the pain ceased . |