Example sentences of "[verb] to the ground " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1991 , the Fair moved to the ground floor of the Martin-Gropius-Bau in Kreuzberg , but in the autumn of 1993 , when the event is next due to be held , it will return to its original venue the former orangery at Schloss Charlottenburg . |
| 2 | The poor guy who made it did everything right except get those burr veneers properly adhered to the ground . |
| 3 | He jumped up , pulling the lower branches of the tree down and clipped off stems , letting them fall to the ground . |
| 4 | Jinny let the paper fall to the ground and , very carefully , began to colour in the fair hair around Liam Shakespeare 's face . |
| 5 | So that not even a sparrow shall fall to the ground unnoticed by Him ’ . |
| 6 | Paddy Kennedy , an RLP councillor who was himself taken to hospital with suspected broken ribs , said that he had seen Fitt fall to the ground and he had appeared to be on his knees when he was struck by a baton . |
| 7 | While he was wrestling with this problem , he happened to go to a lecture by Einstein , and was struck by Einstein 's remark that his theory of relativity would fall to the ground if any of several tests failed . |
| 8 | And although it may smack of determinism , there will be certain laws that if a brick or apple is dropped , they will fall to the ground , the latter getting bruised . |
| 9 | Failing payment of the £30 the Company 's promise would fall to the ground . |
| 10 | Sigarup bowed his head and cupped both palms loosely in front of his face , as if none of the yellow rice should fall to the ground . |
| 11 | He turned her to face him , then untied the silk from her eyes , letting it fall to the ground . |
| 12 | As he turned to close the door of the tower behind them , she let them fall to the ground again . |
| 13 | He dropped into the nearest one and let the zimmer fall to the ground . |
| 14 | Sometimes it flops to the ground as if exhausted . |
| 15 | For instance , if the pesticide is best deposited on the top of a plant , a small droplet with a high charge is best ; while a large droplet with a smaller charge which is readily attracted to the ground is best for killing weeds . |
| 16 | Lester , with cameraman Nicolas Roeg , managed to stamp his mark on the film by employing quick cutting from one scene to another and sight gags that included Crawford tying a love note to a pigeon and watching the bird promptly plummet to the ground . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He leant against the back of his chair , which was n't there anymore , and crashed to the ground . |
| 19 | The rest of it crashed to the ground and the teachers collapsed in a heap on the floor . |
| 20 | As he stood up , Yanto arrived and threw his bike into a beautifully controlled side skid , jumping off just as the bike crashed to the ground . |
| 21 | The drums had been too loud to hear the preliminary ripping , so when the tree suddenly crashed to the ground , no one moved . |
| 22 | Then , slumping against the wall , he crashed to the ground . |
| 23 | Such was the force of the bump that Angel 's horse crashed to the ground , temporarily winded . |
| 24 | But the instant Linford flashed across the line , Shaun cracked a bone in his left knee and crashed to the ground in agony . |
| 25 | A chunk of the 150-year-old stonework crashed to the ground in the brief struggle . |
| 26 | The American was streaking clear in the 100 metres hurdles when she hit the last barrier and crashed to the ground . |
| 27 | I seem to remember an American thesis writer who crashed to the ground over this contorted problem , and I am sure that both Worsley and Sir John Summerson ( who contributes an elegant introduction to Mansbridge 's book ) would concur that mystery still surrounds the problem of Nash the draughtsman . |
| 28 | The man 's face had turned black , his eyes were bulging , and at last he crashed to the ground , with such force that he almost shook Fleury off … but Fleury remained dragging on the violin until he was certain the sepoy was dead . |
| 29 | The hall chandelier crashed to the ground and shot sprayed in every direction . |
| 30 | Then it crashed to the ground and died , no explosions , no flames reaching to the sky . |