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

No	Sentence
1	‘ He went to put his hand inside his jacket , then another passenger jumped out of his seat and threw him through the doors .
2	Rex thrust Laura into the back of the car and threw himself into the driver 's seat .
3	This is the last thing of his I 've got , ’ and she took off her gold wedding-ring and threw it in the fire .
4	Then , she picked up a half-brick and threw it through the drugstore window .
5	She leant forward now and picked up a log of wood and threw it into the centre of the glowing ashes .
6	She raced upstairs to her apartment and threw herself on the bedcover , a Welsh patchwork quilt in a soft pattern of cream and pink .
7	Very , very carefully , Holmes took the snake and threw it into the metal box .
8	‘ Then , late in the game , Ray Wilkins grabbed me by the shirt and threw me to the ground with a judo throw .
9	He pulled off his shirt and threw it into the corner of the tiny room .
10	I pulled off my shirt and threw it beyond the woodpile .
11	Working frantically and fast Franca dragged her clothes out of the wardrobe , carried them onto the landing and threw them down the stairs .
12	Tolkien too might think of the Norse legend of the ‘ Undying Lands ’ , the Odáinsakr : when King Hadding reached its boundary the witch who guided him killed a cock and threw it over the wall — a moment later he heard the cock crow before he himself had to turn away and go back to mortality .
13	Then they sealed the lid and threw him into the Nile .
14	The boy waved his stick round his head and threw it into the pool .
15	But I was furious , and at the end of the afternoon , tore it off her head and threw it in the fire .
16	Then they dragged them to the edge of the platform and threw them on the track .
17	Then Nour turned and saw us , and he leapt from his chair and took a cup of coffee ready-poured and threw it at the cat , who was near my foot , so that my foot was covered in coffee and the cat fled .
18	Henry looked at himself in the kitchen mirror , as he crumpled up the other three pages of this latest missive and threw it in the swingbin .
19	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 .
20	I screwed up my results paper and threw it on the Pavement beside someone 's half-eaten chips on the corner .
21	He screwed up the paper and threw it on the kitchen table .
22	Nurse Motley said that except for a moment when she picked up a piece of paper and threw it in the bin , she had been standing by Kayley 's head the whole time .
23	He made a dash for the big front door and threw himself into the gloomy chill of the hall .
24	Quiss stumbled out of his seat , almost falling , scooped a flat piece of slate from the floor and threw it at the red crow , which screamed and jumped out of the way , spreading its wings and dropping away , flying into the cold clear space below the balcony , its final call echoing briefly , like laughter .
25	Stein came along , smelt the drink , refused to listen to Rough 's explanation , picked up the glass and threw it at the keeper and marched off .
26	After she 'd completed her delivery round of the dressing rooms , Lucy came back into the department , took off her coat and threw it in the corner , and then threw herself onto one of the available chairs with an equal lack of ceremony .
27	He took the grenade from his pocket , unleased the pin and threw it at the base of the double gates .
28	With her finger and thumb she plucked a quarter of the sandwich from his plate and threw it to the nearest dog .
29	He snatched the cloak out of my hand and threw it on the bed .
30	He opened the door , took off his cap and threw it into the stall : ‘ If that 's welcome , ’ he said , ‘ so am I. ’ In a short time the horse came to the door : they put the bridle on him and shortly afterwards the Norfolk man was taking the horse to the smithy to be shod .