Example sentences of "mark [adv] on the ground " in BNC.

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1 it may be marked out on the ground , but the true circle is that which the magician creates mentally .
2 They played hopscotch , their favourite , in the ever brightening sunshine , throwing a white pebble into the boxes they had marked out on the ground , and then trying to hop to where the pebble landed without touching any lines .
3 By using a grid marked out on the ground , each point where a reading is taken can be plotted .
4 As with resistivity meters , readings are taken at points on a grid marked out on the ground , and the results are usually plotted in the form of computer-drawn diagrams .
5 A site was chosen ; two townplanners appointed ( one of them a parson ) , the town marked out on the ground : but all in vain .
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