Example sentences of "and flung it [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 I pulled the coat off him and flung it onto the hawthorn bushes where it rested upside down , spilling the contents of the torn pockets .
2 With that he snatched up the bottle and flung it through the open window into the yard .
3 Balberith ripped the remains of the fruit and salad bar from its mountings and flung it through the roof .
4 The other Rex Mundi , because , of course , it could be no other , rent hair from his head and flung it to the floor where it exploded in small sulphurous puffs of smoke .
5 Deliberately , he lifted the photograph and flung it at the fireplace .
6 Georgina pulled off her coat and flung it on the chair .
7 The customers in return sneered at the clothing offered to them , and flung it on the ground .
8 He picked up a stone and flung it into the horse pond .
9 ‘ Good morning , ’ she answered grudgingly as she hastily unpegged her washing and flung it into the laundry basket at her feet .
10 She made a grab for her shirt but Felipe took it from her and flung it into the back .
11 His eyes went to her head and he snatched her hat free and flung it into the back of the car .
12 He jumped sideways in sudden fright as Sweetheart snatched up a brown paper carrier-bag with looped string handles and flung it across the room .
13 Then , suddenly , he picked it up and flung it across the room .
14 And this , ’ he pulled Lazlo 's map from his pocket and flung it across the table , ‘ The great detective left this behind when he and Rex fled from his office last night .
15 as if from nowhere Henry , too , appeared and , crouching in the corner of the couch , Emma now watched him struggling with her mother , and when he wrenched the poker from her hand and flung it across the room , there was the sound of splintering wood , which brought about an inevitable silence , punctuated only by gasps .
16 With a lunge , he grabbed the bag from between her fingers and flung it across the parquet , where it landed with a thump before skidding to rest beneath a radiator , then before she could react to such a flare of violence he was reaching out for her , dragging her into his embrace , his lips ravening hungrily over her own with a fever of desire that sent shock waves of fear and desire quivering through her .
17 I laughed at him but , when he heard footsteps in the corridor , he wrenched it off my neck himself and flung it from the window .
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