Example sentences of "down to the ground " in BNC.
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| 1 | No doubt it will suit company car users down to the ground . |
| 2 | But Sekularac said he had been pushed by the usher and pushed back after his glasses got knocked down to the ground . |
| 3 | Ramblers were often trained as weeping standards , with their stems tied to a vertical pole and then fanned out over a series of hoops to cascade down to the ground . |
| 4 | Cut them when they are about half open , but not right down to the ground ; be sure to leave at least two sets of leaves on the stem . |
| 5 | ‘ I thought you were someone else , ’ explained Endill as he climbed down to the ground . |
| 6 | Blake apparently broke one of the cast-iron sections of the frame , creating a space through which he could crawl , and then dropped down to the ground below , a distance of 22 feet , which was broken by the roof of a covered passageway . |
| 7 | Turning , she rushed to the stairs and started down to the ground floor . |
| 8 | Victoria was asleep and the detective paused a few yards away to swing Richard down to the ground . |
| 9 | The broadening market for computer equipment suits Japanese manufacturers down to the ground . |
| 10 | I might have wished for a little less detachment in the Rodrigo ( the adagio in particular is rather cool ) , but the Villa-Lobos offerings suit Kraft down to the ground . |
| 11 | He possessed a lovely long tail which swept right down to the ground and it was a lovely sight to see him turn round . |
| 12 | The whole scene suited Purvis down to the ground . |
| 13 | Cavalcades were riding quietly down to the ground , past trees indigo with recent rain , and cows and horses grazing alongside the faded grey ruins of the castle with its crenellated battlements and gaping windows . |
| 14 | You are a sign well able to juggle several balls at once so in many ways the volatile planetary climate could suit you down to the ground . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I should think it suits Freddie down to the ground , what with all his goings-on . ’ |
| 17 | If ankle-length coats do n't suit you down to the ground , then short ones are not quite extinct . |
| 18 | It would have suited you down to the ground . ’ |
| 19 | It helps if it is small , and it is also a great advantage if it can easily reach the next tree without having to climb down to the ground and then climb up again . |
| 20 | He was breathless with the effort of clinging precariously to the limited footholds and it was time , he decided , to risk climbing down to the ground . |
| 21 | Immediately after the removal of the propeller , the nose of the aircraft started to rise and continued to do so , to everyone 's amazement , until the tail was almost down to the ground . |
| 22 | The central reception and dining area was under the shelter of a huge ‘ banyan ’ tree whose aerial roots hung back down to the ground like fronds . |
| 23 | Towers down to the ground . |
| 24 | Here , we used a throw of Indian cotton for the tablecloth , which covers the table right down to the ground , and an overcloth made from ticking provides fresh contrast for the coloured glasses . |
| 25 | Using fleece covers to completely cover a crop down to the ground will significantly improve water retention by the soil . |
| 26 | Another , the scaffold-web spider , rigs a whole series of sticky threads from the branches of a bush down to the ground and hauls each one so tight that if an insect , either walking on the ground or flying a little way above it blunders into one of them , the thread breaks and the victim , stuck to it with glue , is hoisted into the air . |
| 27 | He grabs the top edge with his hands , thumps the face of the buttress several times with his feet and then does the same thing on the other side of the buttress with his hands before springing down to the ground . |
| 28 | What brought you back down to the ground when you jumped just now ? |
| 29 | A tilt to the left and it had taken his wing and was driving him back down to the ground ; correction to the right and it was at him that way , turning him round and out of control . |
| 30 | The sky was grey and came all the way down to the ground . |