Example sentences of "[adv] and threw it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tore it off and threw it at the wastepaper basket . |
| 2 | Georgina picked up a letter from her desk , screwed it up and threw it at the waste-paper basket . |
| 3 | He picked it up and threw it into the flames . |
| 4 | Back at his hotel , packing for his return to London , John wondered how to fit this large acquisition into his luggage , could not think of a way , decided that he did not want a souvenir of the trip anyway because of his gloom about the impending ballet , so tore it up and threw it in the wastepaper basket . |
| 5 | He screwed the note up and threw it in the general direction of the wastepaper basket . |
| 6 | So of course our Emma got it and tore it up and threw it in the fire . |
| 7 | He stubbed it out and threw it in the fire . |