Example sentences of "[noun sg] throw [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He should be back by now ! ’ ran through his mind as the wheel threw them over the top again . |
| 2 | The clarity of light throws everything into sharp relief against a backdrop of clear blue sky . |
| 3 | Bernice launched herself at him , using all of her weight to throw him off her . |
| 4 | The sudden question threw her off balance , literally , and she had to sit back hastily in the chair at Faye 's bedside to regain her physical and mental equilibrium . |
| 5 | With another whoop of delight the child threw herself at Jake , flinging her arms around him as he bent down to scoop her up . |
| 6 | The should of slow labouring footsteps could be heard moving along the first-floor landing as the boy threw himself into the kitchen and slammed the door behind him . |
| 7 | The old man swayed gently on his haunches , then , as the boy threw himself to the left , moved effortlessly across , fending off the child with his palms , using the least force possible to achieve his end . |
| 8 | The anti-bloodsports campaigner threw himself in the Amazon 's path , brandishing his clipboard . |
| 9 | Another sharp blast of heavy rain threw itself at the windowpanes of her flat , and brought Leith , startled , out of the brown study she had fallen into . |
| 10 | When she was heavily pregnant with their third child , her husband threw her against a chest of drawers , then kicked her , and she was taken to hospital with three broken ribs . |
| 11 | Rosemary , twenty eight , claimed that Carssier grabbed a patient 's organ no angry Rosemary , twenty eight , claimed that Carssier grabbed a patient 's orange juice threw it over her and kicked her ! |
| 12 | One , from a McKeever header , was particularly outstanding , the Duns keeper throwing himself to his right and managing to hold on to the ball . |
| 13 | Looking back I realise that , if there ever was a moment when I might have quit , admitted defeat and abandoned the Cathedral to throw myself on the mercy of school , home or child guidance clinic , this was that moment . |
| 14 | Tell me something ; were you always prepared to sleep with me to get the jade , or was that a ploy to throw me off the scent when I was getting too close ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Would n't you be flattered if a beautiful woman threw herself at you ? ’ |
| 16 | Ace threw herself at the speeder controls , stamping on the throttle override while wrenching the steering column forward . |
| 17 | Ace threw herself across the cabin . |
| 18 | She was bearing down on him like a bull in full charge when he jumped the wide steps and with a cry of terror threw himself against the front door of the house . |
| 19 | The movement threw him off balance . |
| 20 | That at least means that during the season they are out in the countryside throwing themselves in front of Land Rovers every Saturday instead of standing outside Safeway 's screaming abuse at shoppers . |
| 21 | He told me about this condition quite openly , including the impulse to throw himself over cliffs etc . |
| 22 | The urge to throw herself on the tormentingly broad shoulder was too humiliating , and instead she stiffened with fresh anger and resentment towards him . |
| 23 | I thought the hand-cranking on the ‘ 109 a bit dodgy , till an impatient Navy pilot threw me off the wing of a Harvard into the prop , miraculously only tearing my jacket and grazing my arm , putting me in dock for a couple of days . |
| 24 | Bus conductor , , tickets please , tick what 's a matter , mate ? well you know and the man threw me off the train and listen , he goes come on gov , give me the letter I 'll read it . |
| 25 | the man threw me off the bus and he goes all right then , let me read it . |
| 26 | As the door banged Peggy and her grandmother threw themselves into each other 's arms , one arm only around each other for they had to suppress the laughter that was bursting to escape in loud , hilarious guffaws … . |
| 27 | Here , take mine ; there 's plenty , ’ Bertha Cohen said , passing her egg to the Rabbi and taking his to the yard to throw it in the rubbish-bin . |
| 28 | I lifted a broken placard that was lying in the centre of the road to throw it into the side when two policemen pounced on me . |
| 29 | The bus threw itself into gear , coughed , and started off noisily . |
| 30 | Fisherman Malcolm Gibson has a new rod after a youth threw his in the sea . |