Example sentences of "[vb base] it [prep] [art] ground " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did he tear an apple off the tree and smash it to the ground ? |
| 2 | Or if you spread it on the ground you could study it like tea-leaves and read the future there . |
| 3 | ‘ Tell me , ’ said Ali , ‘ why do they bring their filth before us and spread it on the ground like raiment ? ’ |
| 4 | Put it on the ground and back up . ’ |
| 5 | Got big stones out the big garden and he , what he 'd to do , put it on the ground and then he like this with his paw , see ? |
| 6 | And you ken they used to lift it off and put it in the ground . |
| 7 | all it was was a box really , a box which you could get off a , a , a machine and dump it on the ground , erm the idea came from , from er I think dustcarts really , where , where you could sort of tip them up and , and they 'd empty , and that , that was this early thought on it er |
| 8 | I mean I 'm not , do n't get me wrong , I 'm not one of these formal you know want 's to everything but the idea of this is that we go we get it off the ground and then the management committee take over and run it , it will hopefully have two parish representatives , wo n't be overcommitted by being you know constantly hectored and badgered by people saying this is your ground . |
| 9 | successful in doing these schemes and because resources on we are hard pressed , resources on the ground are thin then when people ring up with these schemes that we get it off the ground they meet this negative sort of answer when they ring in , that 's the only sort of er liaison with themselves and the police and they 're met with that , and their reaction then is down the pub tell their mates do n't ring in cos its a reaction , and that 's the trouble with us being , as it were too successful before , better to be less successful , but we 'd have more staff at the centre like Lincolnshire etc to actually get the difference from when somebody does the odd person does ring in they get a response to it |
| 10 | idea to get it going and get it off the ground even if you you put your beer on at , well I just thought of couple Boddingtons put their they 're they 're gon na put their , they 're gon na put there 's at a pound a pint . |
| 11 | if we if we get it off the ground at all it may be we 'd want to carry it over till the Autumn and start the new season with it . |
| 12 | The building sits on bearings that isolate it from the ground . |
| 13 | Expand it and throw it onto the ground on the other side of the wheelbarrow . |
| 14 | When the claimant was a relative or friend , the first reaction after the hugs and kisses was to take hold of the label round the child 's neck , tear it off and throw it to the ground . |
| 15 | spear broke , you throw it at the ground . |
| 16 | Lying on your left side , resting your head on one arm , bend your right leg and rest it on the ground in front of you . |
| 17 | ‘ It looks kind of more graceful when you see it from the ground . ’ |