Example sentences of "drop to the ground " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking hold of a strong branch , he finally cleared the escape hatch with his legs and dropped to the ground . |
| 2 | First came the clashing sound of stone against stone and the resounding thud of boulders dropped to the ground ; then the recurrent frantic yelping . |
| 3 | When she got back to the bench she saw that she had knocked over one of the shopping bags when she had stood up and a carton of eggs had dropped to the ground . |
| 4 | Stiffly , like some crude automaton , Vologsky clambered from the plane 's cockpit , dropped to the ground and began to march towards Major Tzann 's quarters . |
| 5 | Below us , the pale grey shape of a quartering male hen harrier flew back and forth over reed beds until it spied prey — and on an instant dropped to the ground . |
| 6 | ‘ Allow me , ’ and before she could move or speak , a curl dropped to the ground . |
| 7 | The cat howled , dropped to the ground , and shot between Suragai 's legs and disappeared back inside Kiku 's yurt . |
| 8 | The hawk dropped to the ground , rose again in a flurry of striped feathers . |
| 9 | So the poor girl grew paler and paler , her head dropped to the ground , and she died . |
| 10 | The two silent watchers dropped to the ground and stayed there without moving for a long time . |
| 11 | Steel doors rose at their rear ends and heavily ammed men dropped to the ground . |
| 12 | Finally Travis let himelf down by his arms and dropped to the ground . |
| 13 | Attached to the bottom of the betalite , which is encased in a plastic tube for protection , is a length of braided terylene tied at the other end to my back rod-rest , so that when I strike the indicator pulls off and drops to the ground . |
| 14 | And drops to the ground |
| 15 | He then suddenly drops to the ground on the left knee , placing the left hand on the floor in front of him . |
| 16 | My hat drops to the ground . |
| 17 | He opens the plane door and drops to the ground . |
| 18 | As she dropped to the ground in a crouch , preparing to make another attempt at the obstacle , Frankie turned on his heels and raced for the house . |
| 19 | Sliding down the pitch of the roof , hidden from the track , Trent dropped to the ground . |
| 20 | He peered closely at Penny as she dropped to the ground . |
| 21 | She dropped to the ground again and lay down , burying her face in the sweet-smelling grass . |
| 22 | Manescu asked Irina Serov as he met her as she dropped to the ground from the branch of a tall fir . |
| 23 | Petion dropped to the ground beside her , struggling to catch his breath , and cursed as he saw Mait vanish into the night . |
| 24 | Although it dies , the greenfly 's scent alerts its relatives to the danger , and they drop to the ground and escape . |
| 25 | If a frog is climbing when it is attacked , it may drop to the ground and lie there motionless for several minutes before risking an escape . |
| 26 | What really happened was that he had to climb a length of rope which had mattresses underneath it so that at the end of each take he could simply drop to the ground in safety . |
| 27 | Trent waited for a squall to hit , then moved fast , dropping to the ground and crawling the last few yards . |
| 28 | Small tree snakes that sham dead do so simply by dropping to the ground when disturbed and lying there . |
| 29 | They were passing thin poplars in a quiet so intense that you could hear the yellow poplar leaves dropping to the ground , on past an old stumpy church and a graveyard , with earthen walls and a beech hedge around it . |
| 30 | Surface-dwelling rodents like guinea pigs and agoutis , in contrast to their burrowing relatives , can run almost as soon as they are born , and the calves of wildebeest , born while the herd is on migration , can stand up and trot after their mother within five minutes of dropping to the ground . |