Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [prep] [art] ground " in BNC.
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| 1 | He added : ‘ We were planning the next evacuation when the shelling began … we were flat on the ground on the landing zone when the last shell impacted about 20 yards from us , injuring two Canadian UN soldiers . ’ |
| 2 | In the Stour Valley of West Suffolk these were thick on the ground in the heyday of the clothing trade , but they probably lacked a truly urban ethos , and consequently fell easy prey to the winds of economic change . |
| 3 | There were a few German Shepherds and Dobermanns guarding the larger properties , and the security guard at the hotel had a Rottweiler but , by and large , dogs were thin on the ground and were usually medium to large brown mongrels . |
| 4 | Normally , to go out alone would have been unthinkable , but unoccupied men were thin on the ground now and invitations almost non-existent . |
| 5 | By the mid-1970s , managers and executives in the late 30s to late 40s age group were thin on the ground . |
| 6 | Appreciably bigger than Skipton , High Wycombe , as the leading town of Buckinghamshire , contained a solid merchant class which made per capita wealth there half as high again as in the villages of the Chilterns where really rich men were thin on the ground . |
| 7 | Major launches were thin on the ground . |
| 8 | She meant his earnings , not the yield of the toy-shop business , but she had never been in the habit of referring to them so distinctly , let alone to the fact that they were thin on the ground at the moment . |
| 9 | There were pockets of disaffection in other parts of the country , amongst Anglicans and even Quakers , but these were thin on the ground ; the memories of the 1680s were still too powerful to make many people seriously wish to see the Stuarts back on the throne again . |
| 10 | Jokes were thin on the ground but when Mr Lamont spoke of a new form of do-it-yourself income tax form for the self employed one MP raised a titter when he shouted : ‘ At least that 'll suit one person — John Birt ( the BBC director general ) ’ . |
| 11 | He knew that planes were designed to withstand violent airwaves , that the real danger came when they were close to the ground . |
| 12 | It was wet on the ground , + I slipped , but unfortunately the same bench that I mentioned previously happened to be in my way again . |
| 13 | The door itself was flat on the ground . |
| 14 | He was unconscious on the ground . |
| 15 | The ball was loose on the ground and he went in to retrieve it . |
| 16 | ‘ I had the option of pulling him out because I was concerned about the ground , but the run has shown that I have been far too soft on him . |
| 17 | Not surprisingly , business news was thin on the ground . |
| 18 | Then he seemed to rise up and throw himself backwards and completely roll over ; then he was parallel to the ground again . |
| 19 | Raid terror : A brave caretaker was shoulder-charged to the ground after he disturbed three young burglars - one aged just 12 as he was carrying out his rounds at the City of Liverpool Community College . |