Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] on the ground " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had to sit down on the ground . |
| 2 | He led them to within thirty yards of the unsuspecting deer , then motioned for Joseph to sit down on the ground at the edge of the plain . |
| 3 | I was milking my goats in the field , and he got down on the ground and put his head near my foot . |
| 4 | After just two days on the market , the software group has shot up from 70p to 113p — great news for the institutions who got in on the ground floor . |
| 5 | To be completely safe , he activated his automatic call-signal which would be picked up on the ground . |
| 6 | On 5 July 1991 the Bank of England presented a petition for an order that an authorised bank be wound up on the ground that it was insolvent . |
| 7 | It is clear that he can not object solely on the ground of the freedom of the individual or because that particular doctor usually examines for insurance companies . |
| 8 | Gila monsters and beaded lizards are generally nocturnal and hunt mainly on the ground . |
| 9 | These can be seen on the modern OS maps and the tithe map , and they can be picked out on the ground from changes in level and property boundaries . |
| 10 | Pivot points near the centre of the wings are said to keep the cast rings hard on the ground , regardless of undulations . |
| 11 | They were quite far apart , it was light but still felt enclosed : you could look up and see the high tops of the pines swaying in a wind that you could n't feel down on the ground . |
| 12 | Living largely on the ground , it no longer needed a tail . |
| 13 | However , Oliver LJ dissented partly on the ground that the principle of effective protection might require a national court to give protection to a European right even though a similar domestic right would be denied protection . |
| 14 | He passed out , and woke up on the ground having fallen 1800 feet into a fir tree and five feet of snow . |
| 15 | The Gulf War , like a knife , cut the string , and the beads are dropping and bouncing around on the ground . |
| 16 | You will find that the model can be moved around on the ground in this state and that all the controls are effective . |
| 17 | Ruining your good trousers wriggling about on the ground . |
| 18 | The method used to spin both types was the same , a short whip of string or leather about eighteen inches in length was wound around the top which was then placed upright on the ground and steadied with one finger . |
| 19 | The authorities also drafted regulations to circumscribe public activity in Tiananmen Square itself , which included the prohibition of any memorial activity and of " joking and playing , sitting and lying down on the ground " . |
| 20 | I mean what what sort of things happen down on the ground ground level ? |
| 21 | I could feel the blast on my back as I was pitched forward , landing face down on the ground unable to move and gasping for breath . |
| 22 | I was lying face down on the ground . |
| 23 | As arranged , the front rank of Covenanters were ordered to be steady , aim , fire and lie down on the ground . |
| 24 | He turned over on the ground , and put his hand to his cock and squeezed himself . |
| 25 | He turned and charged quickly off into the forest to rescue his friend , only to find a German splayed out on the ground and Tommy still running on up the hill . |
| 26 | And then comes another machine ( or the previous one with a new attachment ) which sucks up all the nuts and any other loose debris lying around on the ground . |
| 27 | The men and women lying around on the ground were roughly shaken awake . |
| 28 | However , a tail-wheel is more convenient for ground handling , particularly as with these types of glider the tail is extremely heavy and awkward to lift when the glider needs turning around on the ground . |
| 29 | Guy Nicot , the Louvre ( and Elysée Palace ) architect currently supervising work on the Museum 's Cour Napoléon will leave his offices on the first floor of the west side of the Cour Lefuel ( once the apartments of Napoléon III 's Master of the Horse ) to make way for Dutch and Flemish sculptures ; German pieces will be housed underneath on the ground floor . |
| 30 | ‘ We ran out and he was just lying there on the ground . |