Example sentences of "threw [pron] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aunt Margaret hastily took a bunch of paper roses from a bag she carried and threw them at the stage . |
| 2 | ‘ So what I did was , I got some stones and threw them at the driver . ’ |
| 3 | It was 3-0 just before half-time as Shearer threw himself at the ball . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Ace threw herself at the speeder controls , stamping on the throttle override while wrenching the steering column forward . |
| 6 | He was pulling him , trying to get him off me — he threw him — he just threw him at the bed — I knew he was all right , he were screaming but I could n't — they were both screaming , Cathy and Gary both , and he got me by the throat . |
| 7 | Stein came along , smelt the drink , refused to listen to Rough 's explanation , picked up the glass and threw it at the keeper and marched off . |
| 8 | He held it up for the others to see and then threw it at the thin man contemptuously who automatically caught it in both hands . |
| 9 | Then Nour turned and saw us , and he leapt from his chair and took a cup of coffee ready-poured and threw it at the cat , who was near my foot , so that my foot was covered in coffee and the cat fled . |
| 10 | He took the grenade from his pocket , unleased the pin and threw it at the base of the double gates . |
| 11 | He tore it off and threw it at the wastepaper basket . |
| 12 | Georgina picked up a letter from her desk , screwed it up and threw it at the waste-paper basket . |
| 13 | Slowly and carefully he picked up a stone and threw it at the window . |
| 14 | Quiss stumbled out of his seat , almost falling , scooped a flat piece of slate from the floor and threw it at the red crow , which screamed and jumped out of the way , spreading its wings and dropping away , flying into the cold clear space below the balcony , its final call echoing briefly , like laughter . |
| 15 | They looked intently at him , then at each other , then executed a smart about-face ; the scullion with the loaf threw it at the other , who caught it and started to hit the other minion over the head with it as they ran back into the mist the way they had come , their figures — one crouched almost double , one striking out with the loaf of bread — and their running footsteps quickly absorbed by the rolling mists . |
| 16 | It started finally at the third attempt , and Sabine was almost weeping as she threw it at the hill . |
| 17 | The hounds threw themselves at the gate . |
| 18 | I threw myself at the door and tried desperately to open it . |