Example sentences of "it [verb] to the ground " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stepping down at the end , he lay on the bed of nails and rolled across it to the foot of the ladder , which he climbed , pausing on each blade to detach a yellow paper prayer flag and send it fluttering to the ground . |
| 2 | Sometimes it flops to the ground as if exhausted . |
| 3 | The rest of it crashed to the ground and the teachers collapsed in a heap on the floor . |
| 4 | Then it crashed to the ground and died , no explosions , no flames reaching to the sky . |
| 5 | He was glad to see the old area before it crashed to the ground ; there was not much left as it was . |
| 6 | He turned her to face him , then untied the silk from her eyes , letting it fall to the ground . |
| 7 | There was not a sound except the stamping hoofs and as she watched he allowed it to come to the ground , pacing it in that superb prancing way , its silken tail swaying . |
| 8 | It spiralled to the ground and burst into flames , narrowly missing a building where forty people were working.Both members of the crew were able to eject safely . |
| 9 | I must have underestimated the benefit of my practice with the neighbour 's cat , since my attempt seemed to sail on and on before it thudded to the ground . |
| 10 | The horse reared and its front legs buckled when it returned to the ground , pitching the jockey on his head in the 21 August race . |
| 11 | Residents in nearby villages had watched as it plummeted to the ground , frighteningly near their homes . |
| 12 | This is to inform you all that me and my Companions have Unanamously agreed and likewise made Oath to Each other that if There is not a speedy Altaration made for the Good of the poore that you have corn thinking to make your fortunes of shall have it burnt to the Ground whether it Be in Stacks or Barns for the fire that took place Last Week was but the begining of your Troble , we know every Stack of Corn about this Country , and Every Barn that hath Corn concealed in it for the Purpos of starving the Poore But we are Determind if thare is to Be Starvation it shall be a General thing not a parcial one for both Gentle and Simple shall Starve if any Do . |
| 13 | And in that case the epistemological asymmetry which depends on it falls to the ground . |
| 14 | If the central provinces are taken as typical , the neo-populist case is persuasive ; if , on the other hand , the outlying provinces are regarded as blazing a trail which central Russia would follow , it falls to the ground . |
| 15 | She walked across the clearing and prodded it with the gun till it fell to the ground . |
| 16 | Dick Turpin is claimed to have stopped here and according to Nevinson , Queen Elizabeth dined at the Whitefriars in 1565 , after which it fell to the ground . |
| 17 | It gave a last deep cry , its teeth closed on the empty air , and it fell to the ground . |
| 18 | So I think the two do n't equate in that respect , I think where they may equate , and again I 'm no expert , may equate when it comes to the ground forces |