Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] to the ground " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How I loathe people who raise one 's hopes , only to dash them to the ground ! ’ |
| 2 | You will need a rope to lower them to the ground as they are heavy — throwing them down is dangerous . |
| 3 | This is done by bringing the foot back to the starting position and then striking again equally quickly with the same foot , either to another area of the body or at the opponent 's legs , behind the upper heel , to sweep him to the ground . |
| 4 | The spirit was dissuaded from returning to haunt the living by the relatives placing soil on the corpse to fasten it to the ground , putting burning embers outside the door to bar its path and whispering in its ear the plea that it would not return . |
| 5 | Some girls apparently continue screaming despite the fact that a number of fellows have already reached her and are trying to wrestle her to the ground . |
| 6 | Two of my other men came running over and they had to pin me to the ground . |
| 7 | I was now twenty metres up in the air , and I desperately hoped he would not decide to throw me to the ground . |
| 8 | There was cramp in my neck and arms and I was so tired that it seemed almost as if a malevolent magnetism was trying to drag me to the ground . |
| 9 | ‘ I asked Sir John to burn it to the ground but Rachel played him like a piece of string around her finger . |