Example sentences of "and tossed it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they 'd finished , Mina put the rice , a handful at a time , into the winnowing fan and tossed it into the air . |
| 2 | She sucked her teeth , took another ticket down at random , glanced at it , crumpled it and tossed it into the disposal by her left knee . |
| 3 | Defries turned towards her , lifted Johannsen 's boot , and tossed it into the crater . |
| 4 | Almost sobbing , I dragged off one of my rings , automatically adjusted the stone , and tossed it into the path of the creature . |
| 5 | She had scrumpled it up and tossed it into the wastepaper basket with an insouciant laugh … well , more of a furious scowl , actually , and then had had to put up with Helena asking whether Matthew Prescott was that rather super chap who had been featured in GQ a short while ago . |
| 6 | And then as he turned and walked away he took the blackjack , which had come out of his pocket in the same handful , and tossed it into the first unblocked drain that he saw . |
| 7 | Now the big man finished gnawing at the bone and tossed it into the grass , smiling ruefully . |
| 8 | He pulled a scrap of meat from the cutlet in his hand and tossed it into the air . |
| 9 | He found the letter of introduction to Monsieur Messidor and tossed it into the dustbin . |
| 10 | With his right hand Quinn twisted a blob of the brown substance off , rolled it into a ball and tossed it across the floor to Zack . |
| 11 | He folded the paper and tossed it across the table to eagerly awaiting hands . |
| 12 | I took off my coat quickly and tossed it on the chair in front of my desk . |
| 13 | He took out the letter and tossed it on the counter . |
| 14 | He snatched the girlie magazine from his comrade 's hands and tossed it on the seat . |
| 15 | The Arab took a passport from his pocket and tossed it on the bed . |
| 16 | Louis pushed his plate away from him , took the chop bone and tossed it to the springer who caught it with a single sharp snap . |
| 17 | Graham took an envelope from his pocket and tossed it onto the sofa . |
| 18 | Out of the same melancholy he grabbed irrationally at a whole branch , wrenched it off and tossed it among the trees . |