Example sentences of "they [verb] to the ground " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is believed the platform of the hoist toppled over the first floor balcony sending them crashing to the ground floor . |
| 2 | He jumped up , pulling the lower branches of the tree down and clipped off stems , letting them fall to the ground . |
| 3 | As he turned to close the door of the tower behind them , she let them fall to the ground again . |
| 4 | They crashed to the ground . |
| 5 | It was the highest stand for Yorkshire at Acklam Park since they came to the ground in 1956 , beating the 188 for the fifth wicket by current coach Doug Padgett and Vic Wilson against Sussex in 1960 . |
| 6 | ‘ I will write a novel about the Empire [ Du Camp reports him saying ] and bring in the evening receptions at Compiègne , with all the ambassadors , marshals and senators rattling their decorations as they bend to the ground to kiss the hand of the Prince Imperial . |
| 7 | Although it dies , the greenfly 's scent alerts its relatives to the danger , and they drop to the ground and escape . |
| 8 | They knocked to the ground and their handbags were stolen . |
| 9 | He shed tears the way a flower sheds petals , they fell to the ground , lay scattered round his feet . |
| 10 | They fell to the ground . |
| 11 | They fell to the ground . |
| 12 | But they return to the ground shattered . |
| 13 | If roosting monarchs are dislodged by wind , rain or predators , they fall to the ground . |
| 14 | It snatched at the windows in the nearby houses and set them rattling in their frames ; it whooshed over the slates and plucked at the loose ones , prising them away and sending them spinning to the ground ; it scurried down through the garden gates , hoisted up handfuls of dead leaves and paper and kicked them scurrying down the pavement . |