Example sentences of "threw it at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He took the grenade from his pocket , unleased the pin and threw it at the base of the double gates . |
| 5 | He tore it off and threw it at the wastepaper basket . |
| 6 | Georgina picked up a letter from her desk , screwed it up and threw it at the waste-paper basket . |
| 7 | Slowly and carefully he picked up a stone and threw it at the window . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It started finally at the third attempt , and Sabine was almost weeping as she threw it at the hill . |