Example sentences of "throw [pers pn] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just dragged me into the building , threw me down on the floor , made a lot of noise and left . ’ |
| 2 | He flicked through them , then threw them down on the table . |
| 3 | I was told they sent for a nurse who came at me with a needle so I grabbed her by the breast and threw her down on the hors d'oeuvres . |
| 4 | Yet for a short time his arrival at Oxford threw him back on the hunkers of his class and family . |
| 5 | Long periods of enforced solitude as a semi-invalid threw him back on the resources of his own imagination , and after reading Hindoo Holiday , by J. R. Ackerley [ q.v. ] , |
| 6 | But Bush waited , and then he took something out of his pocket and threw it down on the desk . |
| 7 | ‘ And as far as the mentally handicapped people go I do n't believe we should be throwing them out on the streets . ’ |
| 8 | I think , a lot of people see the stray dogs problem as a big problem , certainly if people have decided to partake of pets , they have a responsibility to look after them and not throw them out on the streets . |
| 9 | Erm , what of course people like Mr Portillo do , is , sell other people 's houses , pay off the mortgage and throw them out on the street . |
| 10 | Responsible for giving trainer Grant Eden a broken heel after throwing him off on the gallops , Artistic Reef made up for it with a game neck victory over favourite Palacegate Episode . |
| 11 | As I considered whether to smash her and throw her down on the mountainside , I caught her scent . |
| 12 | ‘ For fuck 's sake , and I do n't care who the hell he is — release him , throw him back on the streets and do n't touch him again . |