Example sentences of "[adv] to the floor " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pressed his forehead fiercely to the floor and hurried obediently back to his place , taking care not to look at Kim . |
| 2 | Sit in a full splits position and lower the body gently to the floor in front . |
| 3 | To most people he must have seemed simply drunk and he was bundled away from the equipment and dumped six feet below to the floor by a couple of the DJ team . |
| 4 | The handshake was a stupid idea as she was still holding Darren , but she let him slide down to the floor and we shook . |
| 5 | A sudden change of éaulement , an unusual turn in-out of legs or arms , or quick jumps up and then down to the floor followed by a roll over or even a somersault can accentuate the particular place that unusual movement has in the whole design . |
| 6 | He leapt down to the floor and made two gigantic walls of books , trapping Mr Fractor between them . |
| 7 | In the ‘ rotunda ’ of Chicago Central of 1892–3 the main ribs of the vault were carried down to the floor . |
| 8 | For a moment Henry thought she was going to hit him , and then , instead , she seized the receiver from him and , sweeping it down to the floor with her she poured love , support , tenderness and quietness down the line . |
| 9 | Anyone who has difficulty in getting down to the floor and up is safer exercising on a firm mattress . |
| 10 | Be aware of how you get down to the floor . |
| 11 | I can hear them , the voices , I can feel the terror of flying up at fifty miles an hour and crashing my skull against that hard rock — CRASH ! — and my brains all spilling out in pieces and spraying round like sparks after a firework has exploded and floating down to the floor of the cave below … |
| 12 | At the same time , blink once or twice , change eye focus , look into the distance — perhaps out of the window — then look down to the floor . |
| 13 | Slowly relax down to the floor . |
| 14 | Quinn was forced into the back seat and down to the floor , then covered with a blanket . |
| 15 | Lift them from the elbows , and them drop them down to the floor . |
| 16 | He managed to murmur Mayli 's name , then closed his eyes and slid down to the floor . |
| 17 | Of a dive that took her 1,250 feet down to the floor of the Pacific , Sylvia Earle said , ‘ The light was faint but , when my eyes adjusted , the world I saw was incredibly beautiful . |
| 18 | This woman I 'd never seen , darker than me , darker than mum , my height but four times as big every other way , her hair hanging down in a big shaggy mane that looked as if she cut it herself once a year , big wooden earrings in her ears and a dress down to the floor with embroidery all over it and her feet stuffed into ugly shoes that were made of leather She told us that She wanted us to admire them , because this was a big day for her , Auntie Muriel had got dressed up to come to the city and see her sister and her sister 's child . |
| 19 | Holly jack-knifed his legs over the side of the bunk , swung himself down to the floor , dropped his feet beside Adimov 's bunk . |
| 20 | In another , stalactites reached down to the floor and they walked through a forest of pillars . |
| 21 | Sally was standing on a table , with yards of black silk wound tightly round her from her neck down to the floor . |
| 22 | I lift my head up and look down to the floor at the foot of the bed , where Andy is lying curled up in his sleeping bag , unseen in the shadows , which is why I was being quiet . |
| 23 | And I can I can vividly remember now coming along Nuthall Road towards Nuthall from Kimberley and seeing all the telegraph wires hanging down , pushed down to the floor , broken , with the weight of snow . |
| 24 | Rory let the gun down to the floor . |
| 25 | ‘ Shit , ’ snapped Donna , sinking back down to the floor . |
| 26 | She reached down to the floor where her candle stood , and when she 'd groped for the matches , which proved , as always , astonishingly difficult to locate , she lit it . |
| 27 | The reporter 's eyes flickered down to the floor . |
| 28 | They lowered their voices right down to the floor . |
| 29 | He reached down to the floor and folded back the carpet . |
| 30 | always to keep the head looking forward , never down to the floor . |