It had been growing over the last few days, and the whole ground was about to give in.
"I also just didn't feel up to going over this whole ground again."
To accommodate the large number of patrons the members' stand was to be extended around the whole ground.
But no sooner were the words out of his mouth when the whole ground started shaking for real.
Then he began to ask questions, and went over the whole ground from the beginning, we answering.
We went over the whole ground several times.
The jockeys say of certain horses, that "they look over the whole ground."
Later the whole ground was used as a timber market.
Personally, I had gone over the whole ground again, both physically and mentally, but with no new conclusions.
Voluntary efforts, by themselves, did 'not cover nearly the whole ground'.