Example sentences of "threw [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | England threw away the advantage of first use of a good if not lighting-fast pitch by crashing from 138 for 2 to 207 all out just before 5.30 pm . |
| 2 | Dougal threw away the newspaper and washed up the bowl . |
| 3 | In Ninfania , no one threw away the feather of a bird or the peel of a fruit or the seed from a melon , let alone such durable items as the buttons and hooks and eyes from a worn-out item of underwear — I 've seen you still snip them off an old bra , even today , and drop them into a little box in your sewing basket . |
| 4 | I threw away the guava core , and it too was torn to pieces by the children . |
| 5 | Clare threw away the paper . |
| 6 | She threw away the explanation , as if she knew he did n't really need it . |
| 7 | But he also knew the moment he threw away the shotgun , he was also throwing away his last hope of survival . |
| 8 | And he glanced round at the still-insensible Liam and threw away the cigarette in disgust . |
| 9 | He kept the officer 's coins , the locket from about his neck , and his boots , but threw away the book on phrenology . |
| 10 | Despite Good and Evil fighting , the fact that it was Gollum and not Frodo who threw away the Ring shows that in some ways Good and Evil belong together and need each other . |
| 11 | Shrimpton threw away the stub of his cigar . |
| 12 | To his chagrin we threw away the letter about a skiing holiday . |
| 13 | Queensrÿche threw away the rule book years ago . |
| 14 | Queensrÿche threw away the rule book years ago . |
| 15 | But we threw away the lead four times . |
| 16 | Bristol City 1 Middlesbrough 1 MIDDLESBROUGH threw away the lead and two promotion points against ten-man relegation-fighting Bristol . |
| 17 | Bristol C 1 Middlesbrough 1 MIDDLESBROUGH threw away the lead and two promotion points against ten-man relegation-fighting Bristol . |