Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [noun sg] ground " in BNC.

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1 There 's a lot of personal pride at stake within the parachuting world because we 're on home ground .
2 When he saw the cap badges he felt himself to be on home ground .
3 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 .
4 However , at the request of Prime Minister Petre Roman on March 21 they had withdrawn their resignations , as had Resources and Industry Minister Mihai Zisu ( whose offer to resign had officially been on health grounds ) .
5 Even allowing for the pound being on home ground that is a sizeable difference .
6 You were on home ground . ’
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