Sentence examples for forbidden ground from inspiring English sources

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We seem to be trespassing on forbidden ground.

He says his very presence, though, shows that the union is no longer forbidden ground.

"To the disenfranchised officer, this is obviously an opportunity," he said, adding of the upper echelon of the union: "It's no longer the forbidden ground".

Hundreds of people rushed in to savor the moment, trampling across forbidden ground, reclaiming two square miles of their city during an edgy stampede of joyful looting set against the sounds of machine-gun fire and explosions.

Despite the refereeing heroically carried out by the chair it seemed certain members of the committee would have liked nothing more than to see their witnesses stray into forbidden ground.

The giddy modern brides and grooms who exchange vows in magnificent antebellum mansions may fancy themselves Southern gentry coming home to reclaim their lost birthright — but there's a good chance some of the guests will feel like field slaves trespassing on forbidden ground.

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It's like that (case 2, female) He [policemen] is swearing at us, saying we're sluts, whores... Pancevo is forbidden grounds to us.

At the bottom of the drive, thousands of split coconut husks form an ominous 30-foot mountain, appearing like a forbidden burial ground on the bad side of Gilligan's island.

The trouble began with some well-publicized arrests of teenagers who electronically ventured into forbidden digital grounds, like government computer systems.

From September 2001 through May 2002, I had the privilege of being inside the forbidden city of ground zero.

Another would let him appear before parliament (now forbidden on the ground of separation of powers).Given the hyperactive Mr Sarkozy's habit of treating the presidency as a hands-on executive job, these ideas have prompted opposition protests.

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