Example sentences of "threw [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At 6.45 the taxi returned and Sally , my dresser , threw me into the dress . |
| 2 | so the second level of using theory was to actually begin to find out what I could do to help myself and that threw me into the middle of ‘ what is knowledge ? ’ |
| 3 | He was laughing and wincing even as he threw me across the room into his drum-kit . |
| 4 | I am a 39-year-old man weighing 11 stone and I was trying to cuddle my nine year old when she picked me up and threw me across the room . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | the man threw me off the bus and he goes all right then , let me read it . |
| 9 | He virtually threw me on the delivery bed and the midwife yanked down my trousers — and there was the baby , with his head and a hand out , gazing at us . |
| 10 | I had to admit to myself that that threw me for the minute . |
| 11 | ‘ Then , late in the game , Ray Wilkins grabbed me by the shirt and threw me to the ground with a judo throw . |
| 12 | He threw me to the ground and hit me again and again with his heavy stick . |
| 13 | Felix threw me to the ground and hit me again and again with his heavy stick . |
| 14 | Even so , the cherry berets threw me to the ground , kicking me in the ribs as they frisked me for weapons . |
| 15 | He did n't , he picked me up and threw me against the van and ran off . |
| 16 | They threw me from the battlements into the sea , but the rocks were merciless and did not kill me , though I have never longed for death so much as I did then . |
| 17 | He rattled them between cupped hands and threw them into the dust . |
| 18 | Pearl Jam trashed their guitars and threw them into the audience . |
| 19 | When he reached the table , he wrenched the flowers form their display and threw them into the rows of assembled journalists . |
| 20 | I 've already told you how I threw them into the river . ’ |
| 21 | Without another word , he picked up her bags and disdainfully threw them into the boot . |
| 22 | In a bid to regain his machine the unemployed roofer climbed to the top of a building , ripped off tiles and threw them into the street , it was alleged . |
| 23 | He pulled out the bottom drawer , grabbed all the leaflets from the estate agents , all the newspaper cuttings of houses for sale , and threw them on the floor . |
| 24 | Then they dragged them to the edge of the platform and threw them on the track . |
| 25 | She now stripped the partition of the clothes , threw them on the bed , and then went and lifted the lid off the case , only to find that it , too , was full of clothes , both the woman 's and the child 's . |
| 26 | Aunt Margaret hastily took a bunch of paper roses from a bag she carried and threw them at the stage . |
| 27 | ‘ So what I did was , I got some stones and threw them at the driver . ’ |
| 28 | Working frantically and fast Franca dragged her clothes out of the wardrobe , carried them onto the landing and threw them down the stairs . |
| 29 | When Christina gave the signal , they both body-surfed for a few minutes before tumbling over and over as the strong current literally threw them onto the shore . |
| 30 | And he took out the keys and threw them onto the bonnet . |