Example sentences of "[vb past] 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 | He leant against the back of his chair , which was n't there anymore , and crashed to the ground . |
| 3 | The rest of it crashed to the ground and the teachers collapsed in a heap on the floor . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The drums had been too loud to hear the preliminary ripping , so when the tree suddenly crashed to the ground , no one moved . |
| 6 | Then , slumping against the wall , he crashed to the ground . |
| 7 | Such was the force of the bump that Angel 's horse crashed to the ground , temporarily winded . |
| 8 | But the instant Linford flashed across the line , Shaun cracked a bone in his left knee and crashed to the ground in agony . |
| 9 | A chunk of the 150-year-old stonework crashed to the ground in the brief struggle . |
| 10 | The American was streaking clear in the 100 metres hurdles when she hit the last barrier and crashed to the ground . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The hall chandelier crashed to the ground and shot sprayed in every direction . |
| 14 | Then it crashed to the ground and died , no explosions , no flames reaching to the sky . |
| 15 | At a demonstration on 30 September 1899 , at Stanford Hall near Market Harborough , he flew Hawk , but crashed to the ground . |
| 16 | They crashed to the ground . |
| 17 | He hunkered down beside her just as a flaming beam from the ceiling crashed to the ground only inches away . |
| 18 | Burning timbers crashed to the ground , to be extinguished in the billowing cloud of dust . |
| 19 | His lifeless body sunfished backwards , arms outflung , slammed into a display rack and crashed to the ground in a cascade of oil cans . |
| 20 | Suddenly they gave under the intolerable strain , ripped free from their mountings and crashed to the ground . |
| 21 | Relieved perhaps that the surgeon 's prognosis is more encouraging than the cricketer 's first thought as he crashed to the ground in agony . |
| 22 | He was glad to see the old area before it crashed to the ground ; there was not much left as it was . |
| 23 | I sank to the ground at the base of the heap of pine-needles , relieved that there was no one around to witness my exhaustion and the miserable size of my load . |
| 24 | Primaflora , who wore no scent at all , crossed her unadorned wrists and sank to the ground . |
| 25 | Spurred on again by a stream of oaths , it staggered a few paces further and sank to the ground , defeated . |
| 26 | The insidious cold was once more creeping over George and he sank to the ground benumbed and unwilling to make an effort . |
| 27 | She was frightened , and she sank to the ground . |
| 28 | But when he woke at quarter past six , his mind was full of ugly images , of Alex trembling , of the gun , and , most of all , of the expression of bewilderment and betrayal on Michael Banks 's face as he clutched at his chest and sank to the ground . |
| 29 | The move completed , Paige sank to the ground and rested her head back against the rising bulk of a tree . |
| 30 | Mr Morgan crumpled to the ground with a fractured rib , collapsed lung and bruising . |