Example sentences of "[conj] throw [pron] down [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 First came the minstrels , yelling war songs , and when they had finished they tore off their mantles and threw them down before the Empress , saying now that they had fought for her such clothes were no longer worthy of them and would she give them new ones ?
2 I was told they sent for a nurse who came at me with a needle so I grabbed her by the breast and threw her down on the hors d'oeuvres .
3 But Bush waited , and then he took something out of his pocket and threw it down on the desk .
4 She scuffed through the gap in the chalk circle and threw herself down on the sacks .
5 As I considered whether to smash her and throw her down on the mountainside , I caught her scent .
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