Example sentences of "and threw [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Breeze ran to the windows and threw them open , leaning out to drink in the cold , moist air . |
| 2 | Ben hurried to the shutters and threw them open , then turned and stared back into the room . |
| 3 | Still holding the old man 's shirtfront , Ellwood yanked him back to the couch and threw him full length . |
| 4 | She crossed to the door and threw it open . |
| 5 | Shaking off the nostalgia that threatened to overwhelm her , she went to the window and threw it open , startling a tiny robin that had been resting on the sill . |
| 6 | I went across and threw it open , exasperated that my holy moment had been so brutally shattered . |
| 7 | Then squaring her shoulders , she crossed to the drawing-room door , and threw it open . |
| 8 | His brother Arthur , ( Lord Ardilaun ) landscaped St. Stephen 's Green , once a medieval common , and threw it open to the public . |
| 9 | Rose went to one of the windows and threw it open . |