Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] to the floor " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | They met breasts and heads together , and tumbled to the floor , pecking and clawing viciously , the Brasseywing on top , but only for a moment . |
| 2 | But as she seized it in her hand , before her horrified eyes the dried petals fell away and fluttered to the floor , scattering like confetti at her feet . |
| 3 | He screwed them up and sank to the floor . |
| 4 | A giant of a man made for Thiercelin , but tripped over a fallen comrade and crashed to the floor . |
| 5 | Adam stumbled backward , tripped over the steel fireplace screen , then lost his balance and crashed to the floor . |
| 6 | It shattered against panelling and crashed to the floor in jagged shards of tin . |
| 7 | But she was alone when she climbed over the raised cot sides of her bed and crashed to the floor , injuring her head . |
| 8 | Flustered , she reversed , and the groceries she had bought en route fell off the back seat and flopped to the floor . |
| 9 | I was hit on the leg and the wrist and knocked to the floor . |
| 10 | When shop assistant Michael Griffiths tried to stop him , he was grabbed from behind by Alan Rootham and knocked to the floor . |
| 11 | After several long moments of ankle-straining effort , her left boot popped off and thudded to the floor . |
| 12 | She banged the receiver down so hard the telephone skidded off the bedside table and clattered to the floor . |
| 13 | Thin tendrils spilled from it and trailed to the floor . |
| 14 | It struck his arm and fell to the floor , spilling out its dark contents . |
| 15 | Ranetta Sen , 13 , was running along a corridor to her next class when she crashed into a wall and fell to the floor . |
| 16 | He put his hands out and fell to the floor , as if to do fingertip push-ups . |
| 17 | They glanced off the puppet 's head and fell to the floor . |
| 18 | Suddenly , Oliver fainted and fell to the floor . |
| 19 | She gave a cry and fell to the floor . |
| 20 | The Beech Naiad let out a last cry of desolation , and fell to the floor . |
| 21 | The ball of paper hit the lip of the basket and fell to the floor . |
| 22 | Then I fainted and fell to the floor . |
| 23 | Foaming liquid sprayed above the dancers ' heads and fell to the floor with the dry rattle of earth sprinkled on wood . |
| 24 | He cracked his head on the trapdoor beneath the golden pavilion and fell to the floor like a lopped tree . |
| 25 | The turbulence was such that his head hit the ceiling and his headset came off and fell to the floor . |
| 26 | She looked up at him with a slightly worried expression , put out her hand as though to catch hold of him , and slipped to the floor in a faint . |
| 27 | He moulded his hands along the long , slender curve of her back , and the towel came untucked and slipped to the floor . |
| 28 | The first two soldiers had now crossed the room and dragged to the floor the men who were tied up . |
| 29 | The guard hit the far wall and slid to the floor . |
| 30 | he hit the edge of the bed and slid to the floor , holding his stomach , desperately resisting the urge to vomit . |