Example sentences of "thrown [adv prt] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clods of earth were thrown on to the stout elm coffin , and the mourners began to leave . |
| 2 | The English response was ineffective : the campaigns of the 1340s and 1350s had been essentially plundering raids , launched into enemy territory from secure bases ; but after 1369 England was thrown on to the defensive in Aquitaine , and she had little idea how to fight a defensive war . |
| 3 | Now , suddenly , those who clung to these notions were thrown on to the defensive and soon outnumbered . |
| 4 | From now on applying any more brake really can spell disaster , for the normal mortal at least , because much of the weight is still thrown on to the front tyre and grip is scarce . |
| 5 | The full burden of long-run equilibriation is thrown on to the slender base of the real balance effect . |
| 6 | All the responsibility has been thrown on to the regulatory body OFTEL , when it might have been possible to help the market work better . |
| 7 | ‘ in the wreck of human affairs , indeed , God often makes His truth appear ; and causes His Gospel , like a plank thrown out to the perishing mariner , to be properly known and prized . ’ |