Example sentences of "throw [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Please do n't throw me on the floor ! |
| 2 | He may throw me among strangers . |
| 3 | We get quite used to our domestic dog actually bringing us sticks and balls so that we may throw them for our four-legged companion to retrieve . |
| 4 | Cos you will throw them at the back of the box instead of lining them up . |
| 5 | Do n't throw them at the windows . |
| 6 | We was gon na throw them at you . |
| 7 | The aim is to provide sufficient directional light to make the decorations sparkle , but they should be set against areas of soft shadow which will throw them into relief . |
| 8 | Fig 78 It is dangerous to be positioned behind the board and rig , because the wave will throw them towards you as it passes . |
| 9 | The smaller bits we 'd look at for a time and then he 'd throw them on the fire . |
| 10 | They are then invited to try and throw them in a basket one at a time without looking at the value . |
| 11 | See when you get them socks off then why do n't you throw them in the bin . |
| 12 | ‘ You could throw someone off the Stoney Creek bridge — that 's a high curved bridge over Roger 's Pass . |
| 13 | I mean you could be laying in bed , which are downstairs , and someone could throw summat through a window . |
| 14 | It was Sally 's dying wish that he should throw himself into his role as country copper Inspector Reg Wexford — and that he has done with a vengeance . |
| 15 | By day Hayling would help organize the workers at Langley , and in the evenings he would throw himself into pressure-group work . |
| 16 | He knew he deserved nothing and so he decided to go home and throw himself on his father 's mercy . |
| 17 | if you were buried alive , I mean , Uncle Nat when he used , when he was in , in Uncle Nat when he was out in the war , he used to come back home and he 'd only to hear a siren and he 'd throw himself on the floor |
| 18 | A system where the user presses a series of buttons without thought and gets exactly what he needs ( rather than what he at that stage thinks he wants ) is efficient but not entirely educational , any more than one so difficult that the user could only throw himself at the mercy of the person sitting at the reader 's adviser desk . |
| 19 | He should throw himself at the Doctor 's back , grapple with him , break the machinery at which he was working . |
| 20 | The patient keeps his hands clasped together throughout the active parts of the transfer , so that he does not throw himself off balance by reaching out to grab the carer or the arm of the chair . |
| 21 | What safety they offered was debatable , but if worst came to worst he would throw himself beneath a car , and deny the voiders the entertainment of his slow demise . |
| 22 | I could n't stay here and not throw you on that bed and take you , again and again and again , until you could n't hide from me any longer ! ’ |
| 23 | I 'll throw you to the fucking wolves — are you listening , you stupid fuck ? — and there 'll be nothing left of you but a pile of shit and a hank of hair . |
| 24 | Do n't worry , I wo n't really throw you to the wolves . |
| 25 | And then they 'd throw you to whatever man happened to be passing for the money you 'd earn for them . ’ |
| 26 | A badly packed rucksack can easily throw you off balance . |
| 27 | They 'll throw you across the room |
| 28 | I might even throw you over the battlements myself when I 've finished with you . |
| 29 | ‘ I can throw you out myself should the need arise . |
| 30 | At 6.45 the taxi returned and Sally , my dresser , threw me into the dress . |