Example sentences of "[was/were] on [art] ground " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Emperor 's apartments were on the ground floor and included as well as his bedroom those rooms set aside for work , for it was from here that Napoleon III governed . |
| 2 | Its restaurant and coffee bar are now on the first floor but once were on the ground floor where the bank is now . |
| 3 | At the May feeing market at Bridgend very few first class servants were on the ground , nearly all present being " haflin lads and young girls " who were in almost every case asking exorbitant wages , but were glad latterly to come to more reasonable terms . |
| 4 | We were on the ground floor of the flats , and we got to know a lot of them as neighbours as well as some of them as clients . |
| 5 | A team from 621 Company at Ashford were on the ground in the area of the clubhouse . |
| 6 | One of Mr Hallam 's team mates , William Morris , of Corwen Close , Ford Estate , Wirral , said that both players were on the ground kicking out at each other . |
| 7 | Short of actually some sort of war breaking out or some an incident breaking out whilst we were on the ground , I suppose they might have actually apprehended us , but otherwise I think the chances of anything happening to the people , or Ted Heath , who were out there were very , very slim . |
| 8 | Common 's first game for the Boro on February 25 was on a ground he had graced earlier in his career : Bramall Lane , the home of Sheffield United . |
| 9 | One little piece of history was made when Roland Butcher became the first black man to play for England , and by a neat coincidence it was on the ground just fourteen miles from his birth-place . |
| 10 | Luckily , they did n't have to get into the cage for the children 's ward was on the ground floor . |
| 11 | He was on the ground down . |
| 12 | The veranda was on the ground floor and the gallery above has been preserved and strengthened . |
| 13 | To ensure that this progressive building was a success , it was essential –hat a supply of completely manufactured parts was on the ground at the point of erection , before the building of a vehicle was commenced . |
| 14 | In December 1816 Green went to Troutbeck ( the southern Troutbeck , not John Peel 's ) with his sons Joss and Bernard , when they were hunting marts , ‘ it being unlawful to hunt hares when snow was on the ground ’ . |
| 15 | The rope swayed a little as he went down hand over hand , then he was on the ground and the rope went still again as he held it fast and turned his face up to her . |
| 16 | Then she was on the ground with Allen beside her . |
| 17 | A rape-alarm siren was on the ground nearby — but detectives were puzzled because the car was locked . |
| 18 | When it was on the ground it looked kind of lost . |
| 19 | Her flat was on the ground floor . |
| 20 | The boy in the red shirt was on the ground , beside the line . |
| 21 | And we , Every morning , when we had to strip-wash in the bath er in the bowl-room , the frost was on the ground . |
| 22 | Our biggest , biggest er threat when we first come up here , was the dog muck which was on the ground . |
| 23 | And after the course of years perhaps I should respond , ‘ It was nice when the primroses were out … ’ or ‘ the leaves had turned golden … ’ or ‘ the snow was on the ground … ’ |
| 24 | Susan was on the ground , patting at the patches of fire on her suit . |
| 25 | It was on the ground floor , at the back of the house . |
| 26 | The bookshop was on the ground floor , and the gallery in the basement . |
| 27 | Miss Grimes answered the bell quickly , for her room was on the ground floor . |
| 28 | My cell was on the ground floor — slightly below the level of the ground , in fact , so that the window had afforded me , on occasion , a view of a warder 's waist , belt , keys , and truncheon , as he marched by . |
| 29 | Many chimpanzees overcame these obstacles easily , e.g. if the fruit was on the ground outside the cage , the chimpanzee might thrust his arm through the cage . |
| 30 | The flat at number thirteen was on the ground floor . |