Example sentences of "[conj] threw [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 so the second level of using theory was to actually begin to find out what I could do to help myself and that threw me into the middle of ‘ what is knowledge ? ’
2 And he took out the keys and threw them onto the bonnet .
3 when old come home and he just , the old wifey broke the eggs into the pan and threw them onto the plate for
4 He rattled them between cupped hands and threw them into the dust .
5 Pearl Jam trashed their guitars and threw them into the audience .
6 In a bid to regain his machine the unemployed roofer climbed to the top of a building , ripped off tiles and threw them into the street , it was alleged .
7 A year or so later , or it may have been an hour , I crumpled up four sheets of paper and threw them to the floor , and started another , and I was there .
8 Disgusted with their treatment , the two players tore off their shirts and threw them to the ground in full view of the royal box .
9 ‘ I just got drunk and threw them over the wall . ’
10 Countries near the Rim simply loaded down the books of dead mages with leaden pentalphas and threw them over the Edge .
11 He pulled out the bottom drawer , grabbed all the leaflets from the estate agents , all the newspaper cuttings of houses for sale , and threw them on the floor .
12 Then they dragged them to the edge of the platform and threw them on the track .
13 ‘ So what I did was , I got some stones and threw them at the driver . ’
14 Aunt Margaret hastily took a bunch of paper roses from a bag she carried and threw them at the stage .
15 He then grabbed all her feathers and threw them in the gutter before storming off in the direction of the Black Bull .
16 Mrs Smith 's Arnold had confirmed she took her gloves home on Friday and threw them in the dustbin and …
17 ‘ She tore a few pages out and threw them in the bin .
18 Joyriders ripped them off and threw them from the window as they sped through the Blackbird Leys estate to the Oxford Speedway Stadium .
19 Marc Boyle was brought in to help me and , when everything was ready , he and I stood Michael on a wooden tray , lifted it up and threw him through the roof . ’
20 He dived headlong as he reached the top , but Burun stepped out of the way , caught his son 's sash at the back as he passed , swung him round and threw him into the wreckage of the bed again .
21 Furious at the decision of young King David II to appoint Sir Alexander Ramsay rather than himself as sheriff of Teviotdale , Douglas captured Ramsay and threw him into the Hermitage dungeon .
22 ‘ They caught this guy in Chicago customs , found AZT in the luggage of this PWA , and threw him in the pen and did n't let him out for a week . ’
23 Here is one example of what the new crime amounted to : ‘ Suddenly set upon by two men , one of whom seized him by the throat and threw him upon the ground , whilst the other thrust a quantity of mud in his mouth ’ ( The Daily News , 15 December 1862 ) .
24 ‘ Then , late in the game , Ray Wilkins grabbed me by the shirt and threw me to the ground with a judo throw .
25 I am a 39-year-old man weighing 11 stone and I was trying to cuddle my nine year old when she picked me up and threw me across the room .
26 He did n't , he picked me up and threw me against the van and ran off .
27 He attacked her and threw her to the ground before turned his attention to the pub , picking up pool balls and throwing them at bottles of spirits behind the bar .
28 Barbara tried to follow , but Duvall slammed the door against her and she cried out in pain as he pulled it open again , grabbed her arm and threw her into the office .
29 He snatched the cloak out of my hand and threw it on the bed .
30 He screwed up the paper and threw it on the kitchen table .
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