Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] to the ground " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it sank obediently to the ground floor , he thought again about McCloy 's mysterious feat of modern highwaymanship . |
| 2 | Its strange , lowered vista , for instance ( which now reminds the adult more than anything else of George Herriman 's Krazy Kat , where buildings disappear and reappear from frame to frame " ) is an obvious representation of London in the late forties and fifties : all the houses had gaps in between , because of the bombs , and the sky came closer to the ground than seemed right . |
| 3 | Their hair was entwined with golden cords , and their dresses , richly embroidered with beads , pearls and precious metals , flowed almost to the ground . |
| 4 | The last serial dinosaurs were therefore mainly the big beaked ones who fed close to the ground like modern cattle ( or more particularly like bison , with their downflexed spinal curvature ) . |
| 5 | It was black under the trees and a white mist of dislodged snow hung close to the ground . |
| 6 | The chain clattered noisily to the ground . |
| 7 | The Mackinnons belonged closer to the ground of Skye , an open house where all strata mingled easily . |
| 8 | A fine trail of dust dislodged from the door frame and drifted slowly to the ground . |
| 9 | Towards the centre of that area were roses and rhododendrons that had been left to grow like weeds , and a willow tree whose branches reached right to the ground to create a shady den around its trunk . |
| 10 | In the Kras the vines grew close to the ground , and the fields were tiny and defined by stone walls , while in the Po valley there seemed to be no walls at all . |
| 11 | The burka was a long face veil which reached almost to the ground . |
| 12 | Jeeps , ammunition and food fell silently to the ground . |
| 13 | Jeeps , ammunition and food fell silently to the ground . |
| 14 | He swerved sharply to the left but his leg hit the edge of the wooden stand and he fell heavily to the ground , spilling an assortment of fruit across the pavement . |
| 15 | They both fell heavily to the ground and the Browning went spinning from Whitlock 's hand . |
| 16 | It was a foolish thing to do , she knew that a fraction of a second too late ; he cannoned into her with such force that she fell heavily to the ground . |
| 17 | Suddenly she was grasped from behind and the sky swam all around her as she fell heavily to the ground , landing with Fernando half across her . |
| 18 | He raised his hand and started towards Oliver with a mad look in his eyes , but fell violently to the ground , shaking and gasping , in a fit . |
| 19 | After a while he slipped quickly to the ground . |
| 20 | He 'd been turning round to speak to her , and the sudden movement caught him off balance , so that they tumbled unceremoniously to the ground together . |
| 21 | The branches dipped nearly to the ground , but when Charity ducked in she found a cosy hollow underneath the tree that seemed dry and snug as a little house . |
| 22 | As the nose of the aircraft was raised and some right bank smoothly applied the aircraft was observed to flick suddenly to the right to ninety degrees of bank , whereupon the nose dropped and it descended steeply to the ground . |
| 23 | Caspar let go of the sill and slid rapidly to the ground with a bump , looking a bit sick . |
| 24 | She felt dizzy and slid awkwardly to the ground , leaning her head on her hand . |
| 25 | That done , he closed both doors and we descended again to the ground . |
| 26 | The Major eased himself out of the saddle , slid heavily to the ground , and tied his horse to the inn 's signpost . |