Example sentences of "throw [pron] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of bowling the ball , which bore a small silver shield , Mr Cottle threw it at a low-flying swan . |
| 2 | He held it up for the others to see and then threw it at the thin man contemptuously who automatically caught it in both hands . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Georgina picked up a letter from her desk , screwed it up and threw it at the waste-paper basket . |
| 5 | Saskia had thrown something at the third and hit it on the head . |
| 6 | ‘ If they 're sensible they do and their daughters will know what it 's all about and wo n't throw themselves at the first lad who looks at them . |
| 7 | But the Dalek Killer was throwing himself at the golden cloud . |
| 8 | He touched a lump of rotting offal and , scooping it up , throwing it at the first assassin now tripping towards him . |