Example sentences of "[noun pl] and throw [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nona stared at the grey river where the wind was picking up little waves and throwing them against the walls of the river walk . |
| 2 | We prop the grating open with another branch and spend the next half-hour pulling fallen branches and logs from all over that part of the hill , dragging them into the clump of bushes and throwing them into the shaft ; we snap dead branches off trees and bushes and haul and peel living ones off ; we scrape together armfuls of dry leaf litter and throw those over the edge of the chimney , too ; everything goes under the grating and down into the shaft . |
| 3 | Children , particularly our own grandchildren I discovered er had got money in the building societies I mean we give them money for presents and throw it into a building society , and I said what 's happening about your , your tax ? |
| 4 | ‘ These others , they want to cut you with their knives and throw you in the river . |
| 5 | And he took out the keys and threw them onto the bonnet . |
| 6 | Countries near the Rim simply loaded down the books of dead mages with leaden pentalphas and threw them over the Edge . |
| 7 | Livid with rage , he grabs their cameras and rips the film from them , tearing it to shreds and throwing it in the fire . |
| 8 | Pearl Jam trashed their guitars and threw them into the audience . |
| 9 | Rip it into tiny pieces and throw it at the bride and groom at the next wedding you see . |
| 10 | I was surprised at the violence of his remorse — after all , he had only hit me — and I remember thinking , quite irrelevantly , how much more true to life the old dramatists were than modern ones , making their characters utter loud cries and throw themselves about the stage in moments of anguish , rather than deliver their parts poker-faced , through stiff lips . |
| 11 | The ants will bring dead ants and other unwanted rubbish from their nests and throw them into the feeding compartment . |
| 12 | ‘ The other day we saw her grab a girl by the pigtails and throw her over the playground fence ! ’ |
| 13 | He then grabbed all her feathers and threw them in the gutter before storming off in the direction of the Black Bull . |
| 14 | Luke scooped the fish up from Carey 's arms and threw it into the shallows . |
| 15 | When I 'd extracted my head from the carrying rope , Kāli untied the bale and started scooping up armloads of pine-needles and throwing them to the top of the pile . |
| 16 | He rattled them between cupped hands and threw them into the dust . |
| 17 | At his command all four took off their masks and tracksuit tops and threw them through the windows on to the garage floor . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Not only did they drench her in a water fight when she did n't have a change of clothes and throw her on the muck heap , but on Friday evening offered her a roll filled with Doggie Dins , so she spent the rest of the night throwing up . |
| 20 | She picked up her discarded clothes and threw them into a small bureau , scratched and marked by years of neglect . |
| 21 | The little pulls of wind playing with the leaves were getting stronger now , shaking the petals from the wild roses and throwing them at the diners as if they were confetti . |
| 22 | With frightening suddenness he now began ripping the pages out of the book in handfuls and throwing them in the waste-paper basket . |
| 23 | Disgusted with their treatment , the two players tore off their shirts and threw them to the ground in full view of the royal box . |
| 24 | ‘ So what I did was , I got some stones and threw them at the driver . ’ |