Example sentences of "he to the ground " in BNC.
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| 1 | He obtained the second by pretending to trip over an unseen obstacle , which inadvertently threw him against the foreman , knocking him to the ground and depositing his daily schedule papers all over the floor . |
| 2 | The Woman smashing him to the ground and beating at his face . |
| 3 | ‘ Does yer mother know yer out ? ’ shouted one of the lads and then all at once they charged at him and manhandled him to the ground . |
| 4 | The wounded bird plummeted to earth like a dive-bomber , its beak piercing G. F. Westerby 's chest and pinning him to the ground . |
| 5 | Biff lowered him to the ground , and untied the rope . |
| 6 | ‘ I went to the front of the house and saw the dogs catch up with him and knock him to the ground . |
| 7 | Dimly making out figures , he leant forward on his mount , and a volley of fire tore him to the ground . |
| 8 | The vagrant headbutted him , driving him to the ground . |
| 9 | From the corner of her eye she saw the security guards wrestle him to the ground . |
| 10 | Elizabeth gave him a push , which almost toppled him to the ground ! |
| 11 | Walking home from his job one payday , he was set upon by two young men who hit him with a stick , pushed him to the ground and seized his meagre wages . |
| 12 | They would also mingle with unwary humans for spite , selling jewellery and magic cloth at the village fete — when the purchaser leant to pick up the item , the fee would twist his arm and fling him to the ground . |
| 13 | Miss Polly took his words as a compliment and treated him to a coy smile of invitation , meant to suggest that he should sit beside her ; but Sean had already marked Herbert Fraser for that position of honour , stopping just short of pushing him to the ground . |
| 14 | PCs Thomas McGrath , 45 , and John Milliken , 54 , chased their victim into an alleyway and battered him to the ground . |
| 15 | The pedestrian only slipped off when the motorist turned sharply into a side street , flinging him to the ground . |
| 16 | The plan was simple : run up , jump on to Kong 's back , pull him off the fallen Godzilla , throw him to the ground and then — well , we were n't sure what to do then , but we would think of something . |
| 17 | Then , like lightning , he had dived in with fists flailing , thrown him to the ground , jumped straight on top of him and finished the fight by virtually knocking his brains out . |
| 18 | The policemen knocked him to the ground and kicked the life out of him . |
| 19 | The enraged animal charged into Christopher Rogers , pinning him to the ground . |
| 20 | The gang pounced on him and knocked him to the ground — but he curled up into a ball to save himself as punches and kicks rained down . |
| 21 | But as he made his getaway , shoppers wrestled him to the ground forcing him to drop the stolen loot — along with £200 he had stashed in a pocket — and he fled empty-handed . |
| 22 | Mr. Cooper alleged that Saunders then attacked the officer , forced him to the ground and got on top of him . |
| 23 | In a violent struggle , the policeman found it necessary to unscrew the man 's wooden leg as he wrestled him to the ground , striking him across the head with his truncheon . |
| 24 | The lion immediately jumps on him and forces him to the ground . |
| 25 | Ali lowers him to the ground , holding his left hand , and tries to get him to walk . |
| 26 | Flattening him to the ground and knocking the wind out of him , it had begun its killing process by throwing a few coils around the tree to anchor itself , and a few more round Laba , pinning his arms to his side . |
| 27 | Then he hit him with all his strength and knocked him to the ground . |
| 28 | Hoc 's puny shoulders and bowed head reminded the furious Corsican suddenly of his own helplessness in the face of the unreasoning demands from Paris , and without warning he struck out at Hoc with his free hand , knocking him to the ground . |
| 29 | The pack leader grabbed the first policeman from behind and wrestled him to the ground , knocking his revolver from his grip . |
| 30 | Then he hit the old man violently with the stick and knocked him to the ground . |