Example sentences of "thrown [adv] of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's most likely it will involve the TV being thrown out of the window and possibly followed by the wife . |
| 2 | But I think that sex can be a fleeting thing and sometimes I believe that if it is that alone as the basis of a relationship , then all the finer and better qualities are thrown out of the window . |
| 3 | A week that had seen all her safe , conventional standards thrown out of the window , and irretrievably altered her life . |
| 4 | ‘ If the pound note and the lira were thrown out of the window tomorrow and replaced by the ECU that would be fantastic . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I said it was terrible , to ruin one of Lehar 's most wonderful love songs like that , and Ingrid , he made it quite plain that if I did n't fall in with Therese 's wishes — exactly — I would be thrown out of the company . ’ |
| 6 | And I know that 's what she 's planning to do — get me thrown out of the company that I 've helped to build , taken a reduced salary . |
| 7 | We were kicked and shouted at and then thrown out of the vehicle . |
| 8 | Do n't get thrown out of the Institute for forgetting to pay your subs , which were due on 1 January . |
| 9 | Gourlay and Australian pair Ian Schuback ( the defending champion ) and Commonwealth gold medallist Rob Parrella saw their bowls thrown out of the championship when they failed to pass the compulsory green test . |
| 10 | Fans and reviewers enjoyed the raw edge and revelled in the energy and melody thrown out of the guitar crashing mayhem . |
| 11 | ROBBIE When it all happened , when I got thrown out of the school , he said he 'd never wanted to adopt anyway , it was my mother 's idea , not his , it was to make her happy . |
| 12 | ‘ Luke got thrown out of the play and never appeared on the school stage again . ’ |
| 13 | But the grooves were very shallow by normal disc standards , and to reduce the chances of the stylus being thrown out of the groove , the records were made absolutely flat , and a full quarter of an inch thick so they would be sure to stay that way . |
| 14 | Britain can not be thrown out of the EC , but if it fails to pass the bill it would be left behind as the others speed towards greater political and economic unity . |
| 15 | They had stalled him for long enough , but with a baby coming , he could n't wait any longer and then when Rachel told them she had to get married , she was thrown out of the house . |
| 16 | I had no idea when we might be going to Dili , so I was unable to time my campaign , to know when to bring it to a climax , to know when I could afford to cool things down , to be nice to her , for I did n't want to be thrown out of the house there and then , did I ? |
| 17 | Wang played a major role behind the scenes in purging the first two of Deng 's chosen successors : Hu Yaobang , who lost his job as Communist Party General Secretary in 1987 , and Zhao Ziyang , thrown out of the party 's top job in 1989 after student-led pro-democracy demonstrations were crushed by the army . |
| 18 | Comparisons with Awful Amy , who yawned throughout her father Jimmy 's victory speech and who was regarded as an electoral liability four years later when he was thrown out of the White House , will be inevitable . |
| 19 | On 7 August 1913 , flying his latest machine , Cody crashed at Farnborough ; he and his passenger , W. H. B. Evans , were thrown out of the aircraft and killed . |
| 20 | Frankie 's wrath knew no bounds and after sub-jecting his weeping mother to a tirade of the most vile obscenities he was thrown out of the office by a disgusted recruiting sergeant . |
| 21 | She took her glasses off , every journey , because , if she did not , they were taken off for her and thrown out of the bus window into a hedge . |
| 22 | 1.11 In Roberts v Sparks [ 1977 ] CLY 2643 , where the plaintiff was thrown out of the defendant 's vehicle , the court reduced his damages by 25 per cent because the injuries he suffered would clearly have been avoided by wearing a seat belt ; but it added back 5 per cent for the injuries he would have suffered if he had been wearing a seat belt . |
| 23 | IDLE and useless police could be thrown out of the force in a crackdown aimed at raising standards , Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke revealed yesterday . |
| 24 | It was n't what I wanted — even then I did n't feel it was right to get Ebert thrown out of the force for something he 'd said in a heated moment . |
| 25 | The bomb , thrown out of the Ford Cortina 's passenger window , burst into flames in the road . |
| 26 | The first is if you are physically pushed or thrown out of the area . |
| 27 | A shoe like a heavy old bullet thrown out of the shadows , and skilfully caught , off-balance and one-handed ; windmilling trousers trapped by the foot and then kicked up on to the leg ; that serpent necktie . |
| 28 | ‘ So he wandered the countryside for a long time , starving and having to beg for food , and sleeping in barns and under trees , and eventually he found a little town where all the beggars and old people he 'd had thrown out of the city had gone ; they were very poor , of course , but by all helping each other they had more than the merchant had . |
| 29 | We 're all afraid of being thrown out of the club . |
| 30 | Coun John Jones , Labour , immediately called on the chairman , Coun Bob Brady , to intervene saying Coun Nilsson should be thrown out of the meeting . |