Example sentences of "[adv] [adv prt] to the ground " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He possessed a lovely long tail which swept right down to the ground and it was a lovely sight to see him turn round . |
| 3 | But the Globe burnt right down to the ground in an hour . |
| 4 | It 's branches come right down to the ground , ’ she added , by way of explanation . |
| 5 | The girl , the lean teenager with W-shaped folds in the vent of her shut armpits , she would suit me right down to the ground . |
| 6 | If we quarrel if we have a good punch up and all that between us and them that would suit the other side right down to the ground . |
| 7 | In my day we had long skirts , near came right down to the ground . ’ |
| 8 | That 'll suit you wa right down to the ground ! |
| 9 | ‘ I remember to this day coming out after tea at Jo'burg , 1948-49 , going down on to the ground with Len ; vast crowd , and this fellow comes out of it and says ‘ only 30 more for the record , boys ’ . |
| 10 | There he pulled off his white turban and let his long black hair coil over his shoulder and drop down on to the ground . |
| 11 | Pion helped Masklin down on to the ground , which seemed to him to be moving from side to side . |
| 12 | They come down on to the ground and immediately their wings break off close to the thorax . |
| 13 | One advantage of this approach is that you become accustomed to the throttle setting which will allow the model to settle gently back to the ground rather than falling rapidly . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | when its like that it tries and pulls you down , and this is why there was an accident with a Wessex or something or a Sea King a while ago , where three or four people died , cos it just did n't get enough height and as , as it got to the top it just pulled it straight down to the ground , it could n't , it did n't have enough height to clear the circle |
| 16 | This means that certain atoms , which decay straight back to the ground state , can be made to absorb and re-emit thousands of photons during their transit across the laser beam . |
| 17 | She sagged back on to the ground again . |
| 18 | He rubbed some of the powder in his hands , sniffed it and threw it back on to the ground . |
| 19 | Believes he can get the aircraft back on to the ground all by himself when the joy-ride is over . |
| 20 | They did not make any hurry about it and Balor writhed and flailed helplessly and blood began to run out on to the ground beneath him . |
| 21 | We saw with horror the blood running out on to the ground from his head . |
| 22 | We saw with horror the blood running out on to the ground from his head . |
| 23 | So they put a torch to the Mason 's wagon and , as the flames swept through the wooden base , a shower of warped and molten coins cascaded out on to the ground . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | What brought you back down to the ground when you jumped just now ? |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | After delivering the kick , the foot must be pulled back very quickly and brought back down to the ground to leave the karateka in his original stance . |
| 28 | He was trying to pull her back down to the ground and laughing in disbelief as he did it . |
| 29 | Yeah , probably , me and this other mate he 'd a , did a , I can , I can remember him saying something about I 'll race yeah , it , like I remember just remember him , me and him run running down ramps and stuff trying to get back down to the ground floor , so . |
| 30 | 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 . |