Example sentences of "[vb past] it across the room " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You made me squash it , ’ snapped Victoria and pettishly threw it across the room , where it struck the sleeping dog sharply on the flank . |
| 2 | He poured wine and brought it across the room to Owen 's chair , pressing him back brusquely when he would have risen to receive the cup . |
| 3 | He jumped sideways in sudden fright as Sweetheart snatched up a brown paper carrier-bag with looped string handles and flung it across the room . |
| 4 | Then , suddenly , he picked it up and flung it across the room . |
| 5 | as if from nowhere Henry , too , appeared and , crouching in the corner of the couch , Emma now watched him struggling with her mother , and when he wrenched the poker from her hand and flung it across the room , there was the sound of splintering wood , which brought about an inevitable silence , punctuated only by gasps . |
| 6 | In a gesture of helpless fury , he hurled it across the room . |
| 7 | At last he sat back , tousled and infuriated , crumpled the cheque and hurled it across the room . |