Example sentences of "thrown [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The USSR had been one of the first governments to recognise the state of Israel in 1948 , but Soviet support was thereafter thrown behind the Arab cause and behind the Egyptian war effort in particular . |
| 2 | The couple were on a white water rafting expedition , like this one , when Steve was thrown into the fast-moving river and drowned . |
| 3 | The king or chieftain would make the offering on behalf of his people and they were thrown into the sacred lake or pool with appropriate ritual ceremony . |
| 4 | Both bodies were thrown into the shark-infested sea and many wounds could have been caused following the women 's deaths . |
| 5 | There she had been rudely thrown upon the hard ground and had been forced to defend herself . |
| 6 | Rugs in jewel shades of emerald and topaz were thrown over the terracotta-tiled floor and the curtains , like the sofa and armchair covers , she had sewn from a heavy cream fabric . |
| 7 | Waddell says a blanket was thrown over the old man and several times the old man knocked it off and it had to be replaced . |