Example sentences of "throw [prep] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That 's more than you 'd dare , Deveraugh , ’ she threw at him from the relative safety of the riverbank , and he laughed softly , the sound of it filling her ears as she sped across the grass . |
| 2 | Some 30 sacks were taken by six cars to the factory 25 miles away and thrown into it over the main gate at three o'clock in the morning . |
| 3 | She made the headlines by having a glass of wine thrown over her at the plushy Caprice restaurant in London . |
| 4 | There was good deal of heckling and questions thrown at him about the nature of democracy , free speech and freedom of the press . |
| 5 | The policemen on the cordon had lifted the barrier-pole to let the small convoy of police cars and vans past , ignoring with more than a little impatience the fusillade of questions thrown at them by the remaining newspeople . |
| 6 | Diario 16 also carried a cartoon portraying Diana as Cinderella with a glass slipper bouncing off her head after being thrown at her from the palace . |
| 7 | There were two allied problems : how to keep up with and respond to the welter of material being thrown at it by the CEGB and the various government departments ; and how to encourage more people to present their own views in opposition . |