Example sentences of "down to the ground [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He possessed a lovely long tail which swept right down to the ground and it was a lovely sight to see him turn round . |
| 2 | Old paintings that have gold or silver in them and are on gesso ground are often found with the gold leaf or gilding scraped off down to the ground and the exposed gesso painted . |
| 3 | It helps if it is small , and it is also a great advantage if it can easily reach the next tree without having to climb down to the ground and then climb up again . |
| 4 | Another , the scaffold-web spider , rigs a whole series of sticky threads from the branches of a bush down to the ground and hauls each one so tight that if an insect , either walking on the ground or flying a little way above it blunders into one of them , the thread breaks and the victim , stuck to it with glue , is hoisted into the air . |
| 5 | Putting his hand to a crumbling step , he vaulted down to the ground and landed running . |
| 6 | And there was a lot of space between the hut and the door and the wind took me and flung me right up against the tank and I went down to the ground and crawled on me hands and knees . |
| 7 | He was trying to pull her back down to the ground and laughing in disbelief as he did it . |