Example sentences of "crash to the ground " in BNC.
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| 1 | He leant against the back of his chair , which was n't there anymore , and crashed to the ground . |
| 2 | The rest of it crashed to the ground and the teachers collapsed in a heap on the floor . |
| 3 | As he stood up , Yanto arrived and threw his bike into a beautifully controlled side skid , jumping off just as the bike crashed to the ground . |
| 4 | The drums had been too loud to hear the preliminary ripping , so when the tree suddenly crashed to the ground , no one moved . |
| 5 | Then , slumping against the wall , he crashed to the ground . |
| 6 | Such was the force of the bump that Angel 's horse crashed to the ground , temporarily winded . |
| 7 | But the instant Linford flashed across the line , Shaun cracked a bone in his left knee and crashed to the ground in agony . |
| 8 | A chunk of the 150-year-old stonework crashed to the ground in the brief struggle . |
| 9 | The American was streaking clear in the 100 metres hurdles when she hit the last barrier and crashed to the ground . |
| 10 | I seem to remember an American thesis writer who crashed to the ground over this contorted problem , and I am sure that both Worsley and Sir John Summerson ( who contributes an elegant introduction to Mansbridge 's book ) would concur that mystery still surrounds the problem of Nash the draughtsman . |
| 11 | The man 's face had turned black , his eyes were bulging , and at last he crashed to the ground , with such force that he almost shook Fleury off … but Fleury remained dragging on the violin until he was certain the sepoy was dead . |
| 12 | The hall chandelier crashed to the ground and shot sprayed in every direction . |
| 13 | Then it crashed to the ground and died , no explosions , no flames reaching to the sky . |
| 14 | At a demonstration on 30 September 1899 , at Stanford Hall near Market Harborough , he flew Hawk , but crashed to the ground . |
| 15 | They crashed to the ground . |
| 16 | He hunkered down beside her just as a flaming beam from the ceiling crashed to the ground only inches away . |
| 17 | Burning timbers crashed to the ground , to be extinguished in the billowing cloud of dust . |
| 18 | His lifeless body sunfished backwards , arms outflung , slammed into a display rack and crashed to the ground in a cascade of oil cans . |
| 19 | Suddenly they gave under the intolerable strain , ripped free from their mountings and crashed to the ground . |
| 20 | Relieved perhaps that the surgeon 's prognosis is more encouraging than the cricketer 's first thought as he crashed to the ground in agony . |
| 21 | He was glad to see the old area before it crashed to the ground ; there was not much left as it was . |
| 22 | His range alone is impressive : he can spring into a left uchimata ( inner thigh throw ) then twist right into a seoi-nage ( shoulder throw ) and still retain sufficient balance to produce a sparkling footsweep which will send his opponent crashing to the ground . |
| 23 | The next day she decided to saddle the horse for a ride , but as the girth was being tightened the horse pulled back in great fear , broke its halter rope , and threw itself over backwards sending the saddle crashing to the ground . |
| 24 | Without the pinpoint contact of the tips of the claws , the animals may find themselves slipping and crashing to the ground . |
| 25 | Others looted the communion plate from the church , mockingly dressing themselves in the despised Anglican vestments , before that building , too , caught fire , bringing the walls crashing to the ground . |
| 26 | You start the game with three Sopwith Camels ( the best Allied aircraft of WWI ) , each of which can absorb four hits before crashing to the ground . |
| 27 | He had rammed his foot down on the accelerator , the Mercedes shot forward , the little grey 's neck jerked frantically and she cartwheeled violently in the air crashing to the ground , to be dragged ten feet before Angel braked . |
| 28 | He wished it were Perdita at the end of the rope , he 'd like to see her crashing to the ground over and over again . |
| 29 | Even when Raimundo strapped one of her back legs to her belly to stop her kicking , she struck out with the other leg and , crashing to the ground , laid about her with her front legs and teeth . |
| 30 | He frequently had Courier crashing to the ground or flailing hopelessly as the balls flew past him . |