Example sentences of "he throw [pron] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 He threw him in there newly dead , and Benedetta with him living , to sink or swim together .
2 Then he threw her into the basin …
3 A row erupted and when they reached Craylands he threw her to the ground and blasted her twice with a shotgun .
4 He threw her to the ground when she stood between him and his computer terminal one morning at 3am .
5 So he threw her in the river .
6 He threw me to the ground and hit me again and again with his heavy stick .
7 He was laughing and wincing even as he threw me across the room into his drum-kit .
8 He threw me across the front seat , and the choir applauded — whether this was for my benefit or to register approval for Quigley 's strong right arm was not clear .
9 He threw me over his shoulder in a judo hold on to the rocks and gravel we were standing on .
10 He threw me in a dungeon . ’
11 Like Lucifer falling out of Heaven , he threw himself off the back of the pageant , not caring that the paving stones lay three leagues below .
12 He threw himself across the passenger seat , still holding the handset which was on the open line to his control at Selby and shouted ‘ ten nine , ten nine , ten nine ’ — the police equivalent of SOS requesting immediate help .
13 He threw himself under us , he must have done . ’
14 He 'd managed to walk out of a locked ward at the Fairmile psychiatric hospital , and it 's thought he threw himself under an express train .
15 He threw himself at me and I jumped to one side , leaving him to fall on the deck .
16 He threw himself with good grace into everything , even this .
17 He sort of stood there , and then , after we 'd recognised him , he threw himself on us both , hugging and kissing us .
18 She floundered like a seal in the greasy mess , and when he threw himself on top of her , the battle began .
19 This experience appeared to transform him and he threw himself into a great surge of composition , writing a Mass of Thanksgiving for unaccompanied choir filling 100 pages of manuscript , which he completed in 15 days , as well as other works , including a setting of Out of the Deep which is given its first performance by his choir at St Philip and St James , Cheltenham , at his funeral on today .
20 He threw himself into the exercises with a hind of despairing frenzy .
21 Having secured his freedom , his sexual appetite continued unabated and he threw himself into an even more vigorous life of carnal debauchery .
22 No longer ‘ Mr Madonna ’ , he threw himself into filming Judgement in Berlin and Casualties of War .
23 Immediately he threw himself into the organization of a monster Albert Hall rally to welcome the Revolution .
24 He threw himself into the making of ITV series Travelling Man and was rewarded with huge success in the ratings .
25 Unhampered by a client 's needs , he threw himself into a legitimate extension of his pipe dream : the Dolls ' House became his home .
26 The experience convinced him that Europe was on the brink of revolution , and he threw himself into revolutionary Anarchist ‘ Situationism ’ , which rejected conventional left-wing political parties .
27 He worked very hard , even in the holidays : he threw himself into all the activities of the school and contributed a number of well-received papers to conferences on education .
28 Nonetheless , he threw himself into the Union , making an ‘ absolute ’ fool of himself and becoming disillusioned .
29 Cressy had been moored at Tardebigge for four years while Rolt undertook various forms of engineering war-work , but when peace returned he threw himself into the task of preserving the canal system .
30 He threw himself into the cause with immense energy , addressing meetings all over the country , persuading , lobbying , begging for funds .
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