Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [vb past] it at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man brought out a photograph and held it at arm 's length , walking toward them . |
| 2 | In fury he scooped up the gelatinous mess and hurled it at Fairbrother , who kicked him in the balls . |
| 3 | Deems raised the MPRP weapon and pointed it at Cley 's face . |
| 4 | Edwards acquired the famous Maffeo Pinelli collection of early printed books from Venice and sold it at auction in 1789 and 1790 . |
| 5 | Then he picked up a chair and threw it at Detchard 's legs . |
| 6 | He looked desperately around for a weapon , picked up a bowl of hot soup and threw it at Edgar , who started screaming . |
| 7 | He took the gun out of his pocket and held it at waist-level . |
| 8 | Gail ripped up a brochure and chucked it at Tjolle . |
| 9 | The other man picked up the dressing gown lying on the end of the bed and threw it at Connelly . |
| 10 | He grabbed a sandwich off his plate and threw it at Asik . |
| 11 | Coleridge 's friend , Thomas de Quincey , wrote his own Gothic novel , Klosterheim , and passed on the infection to James Hogg ( 1770–1835 ) , who , in The Confessions of , a Justified Sinner , borrowed the spectre of the Brocken and installed it at Arthur 's Seat , near Edinburgh . |
| 12 | Laura pulled the gun from between her breasts and pointed it at Jonathan . |
| 13 | Dulé took the centre of the ring , a finger drum began to pitter-pat , a pair of flutes at different pitches to call and coo ; at the click of a rattle Dulé lifted the ten-foot ladder into a vertical position and balanced it at arm 's length ; facing it , he dropped his head as if to a partner in a dance , placed one foot on the bottom rung and made a feint at climbing , the ladder pitched away from him and he let it fall , to rising laughter from the audience around him . |
| 14 | A violent , ruthless man ( released from Prison early ) gained control of a section and placed it at loggerheads with another section . |
| 15 | He took out the fragment of the news-sheet and waved it at Thai . |