Example sentences of "threw [pers pn] 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 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 He took the grenade from his pocket , unleased the pin and threw it at the base of the double gates .
8 He tore it off and threw it at the wastepaper basket .
9 Georgina picked up a letter from her desk , screwed it up and threw it at the waste-paper basket .
10 Slowly and carefully he picked up a stone and threw it at the window .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 It started finally at the third attempt , and Sabine was almost weeping as she threw it at the hill .
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