Example sentences of "thrown [adv prt] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lottie was thrown in at the deep end : |
| 2 | THREE Ipswich Witches youngsters will be thrown in at the deep end on Thursday when Foxhall Stadium stages the Star of Anglia on the opening day of the 1993 speedway season . |
| 3 | I was thus , unceremoniously ‘ thrown in at the deep end ’ . |
| 4 | When kicked directly into touch from a penalty kick , the ball will be thrown in at the lineout by the team which kicked the ball into touch . |
| 5 | She was immediately thrown in at the deep end when one of her young clients , Lucy Gates , died . |
| 6 | She had been thrown in at the deep end and it was a question of sink or swim . |
| 7 | I now have 4 years ' teaching experience although I too was thrown in at the deep end — my only advantage over others was that I had studied languages myself and knew how difficult it could be . |
| 8 | Our housework was hard and long and laborious and erm we 'd got two children to look after and then I 'd got my brother who did n't leave home until he was thirty and er , you had n't got the time , you know , to do too many things , so er my interest was the young wives ' and it was really a as regards the erm the Guild itself , I was thrown in at the deep end when this lady who was with my mother , mother was treasurer , she was secretary , erm she used to come down for me and , I know you should n't canvass but she used to canvass and say erm you know the voting , you know , will you , will you come and vote ? |
| 9 | Ash privies were an improvement , as they were built above ground level and cemented at the bottom ; ash was thrown in at the front and the contents withdrawn through a door at the back . |
| 10 | ‘ I would n't want any child of mine to have to cope with being thrown in at the deep end like that . |
| 11 | Being in control of the finances of an organisation can pose a major headache for some people , especially if they are thrown in at the deep end with little or . |
| 12 | ‘ You must think I 'm an inconsiderate devil if you 're expecting to be thrown in at the deep end to struggle as best you can . ’ |
| 13 | Training will be given and wherever possible the new representative will be thrown in at the deep end . |
| 14 | ‘ Talk about being thrown in at the deep end ! ’ |
| 15 | They 're thrown in at the deep end , and have to develop skills quickly . |
| 16 | ‘ I am being thrown in at the deep end against Blackburn and I am really looking forward to the game . ’ |
| 17 | Well I was thrown in at the deep end Different persons came in maybe if we had a job in a hurry and they would say , Oh you 're on at such and such a time at this . |
| 18 | The sheep were penned in the yard , a usual practice at clipping time , when fleeces were clipped and thrown up at once to a helper on the gallery for storage . |
| 19 | The Nubian sandstones forming the plateau are permeable and water sinking into the sandstone may have been thrown out at the foot of its escarpments . |
| 20 | Secondly we have not heard of anything that has changed in this county since nineteen eighty sufficient to warrant or justify in this alteration the addition of a policy the effect of which , one one with a similar effect having been thrown out at that time . |
| 21 | But that charge was thrown out at Gloucester Crown Court last month and now the prosecution has dropped a further assault charge . |
| 22 | Talk of this sort was mostly to raise morale , as McFarlane was at pains to say when his ‘ Secretary of State ’ remark was thrown back at him at the hearings . |
| 23 | There is no doubt that there will be teething problems and that some things will be thrown back at the International Board . |
| 24 | He claimed at the Tory Conference , in a phrase that he must by now be sick of hearing thrown back at him , that he would intervene before breakfast , lunch and dinner . |
| 25 | Moving back to the bridge , she halted for a moment to stare down at the sluggish water , and the wavering reflection thrown back at her made her feel like weeping forever . |
| 26 | It is our own ideal thrown back at us . ’ |
| 27 | Erm , and therefore you 're thrown back at er finding something else , this sort of vague compromise of director of this that or this that and the other , er , er , appeared , and er it seems to me A long winded , er but also , it indicates something against what you 've already tried to do , which is to merge the two together . |
| 28 | you know so I think be aware of that , that may be a valid erm observation to be thrown back at you . |