Example sentences of "by throwing [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The figures for this year show that £20 million-worth of coal will be imported to Britain by the end of December — the equivalent of closing 20 average-sized pits and getting rid of between 20,000 and 25,000 miners by throwing them on the scrap heap . |
| 2 | In volume IV there is a description of the disembarkation of cattle at Port Askaig by throwing them into the sea to swim ashore . |
| 3 | In volume IV there is a description of the disembarkation of cattle at Port Askaig by throwing them into the sea to swim ashore . |
| 4 | A brave staff member believed he was risking his life by throwing it into the street . |
| 5 | The crime for which Jean Campbell was charged was one of wilful murder of her own three-year old child by throwing it over the Old Bridge in Glasgow into the River Clyde where it drowned . |