Example sentences of "[coord] threw it at the " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 He took the grenade from his pocket , unleased the pin and threw it at the base of the double gates .
4 He tore it off and threw it at the wastepaper basket .
5 Georgina picked up a letter from her desk , screwed it up and threw it at the waste-paper basket .
6 Slowly and carefully he picked up a stone and threw it at the window .
7 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 .
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