Example sentences of "[adv] threw [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Christina gave the signal , they both body-surfed for a few minutes before tumbling over and over as the strong current literally threw them onto the shore . |
| 2 | He obtained the second by pretending to trip over an unseen obstacle , which inadvertently threw him against the foreman , knocking him to the ground and depositing his daily schedule papers all over the floor . |
| 3 | He was pulling him , trying to get him off me — he threw him — he just threw him at the bed — I knew he was all right , he were screaming but I could n't — they were both screaming , Cathy and Gary both , and he got me by the throat . |
| 4 | He sucked on his cigarette , furiously threw it into the fireplace , shoved his hands in his pockets , and glared at Adam . |
| 5 | ‘ You made me squash it , ’ snapped Victoria and pettishly threw it across the room , where it struck the sleeping dog sharply on the flank . |
| 6 | One was new and had come instead of his uncle who was ill , but the guards would not let him in because they did not know him by sight and they nearly threw him into the ditch before they would even let him go home . |
| 7 | Without another word , he picked up her bags and disdainfully threw them into the boot . |
| 8 | A pulse of pressure from behind threw them against the factor , he turned and jumped for the door , beat on it , it opened abruptly , and he fell inside . |
| 9 | The couple laughed as Natalie chewed the medal , then threw it on the floor . |
| 10 | My master picked it up , scrutinised it carefully then threw it on the table . |
| 11 | He virtually threw me on the delivery bed and the midwife yanked down my trousers — and there was the baby , with his head and a hand out , gazing at us . |
| 12 | He dragged her across Park Lane , dodging a last , straggling taxi , almost threw her over the guard rails on the far side of the road into Hyde Park and strode ahead into the looming darkness of the trees . |
| 13 | I slammed on the brakes , stopping with a jerk that almost threw her on the floor . |