ground mine

Example Sentences

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I don’t pretend to build such a pretty nest as the chaffinch; besides, such a flimsy thing as his would not do on the ground; mine has a solid foundation of hay, don’t you see?

From Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites by Stables, Gordon

He seized it and examined it by the light of his lantern on the ground; mine had been broken and extinguished in my fall.

From The Lonely House by Streckfuss, Adolph

On the ground mine eyes were fixed;Nought saw I.  Haply, through defect of mine,It moved not. 

From The Legends of Saint Patrick by De Vere, Aubrey

"You lie, Ch'aka—this ground mine from way back."

From The Ethical Engineer by Harrison, Harry