Example sentences of "[noun sg] and threw it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the last thing of his I 've got , ’ and she took off her gold wedding-ring and threw it in the fire . |
| 2 | Then , she picked up a half-brick and threw it through the drugstore window . |
| 3 | She leant forward now and picked up a log of wood and threw it into the centre of the glowing ashes . |
| 4 | Very , very carefully , Holmes took the snake and threw it into the metal box . |
| 5 | He pulled off his shirt and threw it into the corner of the tiny room . |
| 6 | I pulled off my shirt and threw it beyond the woodpile . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The boy waved his stick round his head and threw it into the pool . |
| 9 | But I was furious , and at the end of the afternoon , tore it off her head and threw it in the fire . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I screwed up my results paper and threw it on the Pavement beside someone 's half-eaten chips on the corner . |
| 13 | He screwed up the paper and threw it on the kitchen table . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He took the grenade from his pocket , unleased the pin and threw it at the base of the double gates . |
| 19 | With her finger and thumb she plucked a quarter of the sandwich from his plate and threw it to the nearest dog . |
| 20 | He snatched the cloak out of my hand and threw it on the bed . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Instead , he picked up a stone and threw it into the bushes , then made a noise that sounded suspiciously like ‘ shoo , shoo ’ . |
| 23 | Slowly and carefully he picked up a stone and threw it at the window . |
| 24 | On one occasion he called a player into his office , took his hat from the hat-stand and threw it on the floor . |
| 25 | Lovernius was very pleased and asked for a bag of gold and threw it to the poet who ran beside his chariot . |
| 26 | Annoyed , she crumpled the map and threw it into the gutter . |
| 27 | She seized the shoe and threw it into the fireplace . |
| 28 | Then he pulled the mask off his face and threw it on the ground . |
| 29 | He watched in awe as she wrenched off her smart hat and threw it into the carriage with her gloves . |