Example sentences of "thrown over the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as though a white cloak had been thrown over the entire countryside , a cloak which gleamed beneath an enormous ghostly-white moon , robbing the night of its darkness . |
| 2 | Rugs in jewel shades of emerald and topaz were thrown over the terracotta-tiled floor and the curtains , like the sofa and armchair covers , she had sewn from a heavy cream fabric . |
| 3 | At one point , to suppress attacks , a large handkerchief was thrown over the stuffed cuckoo , but the enraged birds ( in this case , nightingales ) would not give up and assaulted the handkerchief instead . |
| 4 | While the lull in the firing persisted , the Magistrate ordered earth to be thrown over the rotting mountain of offal in order to cover it like the crust of a pie . |
| 5 | Waddell says a blanket was thrown over the old man and several times the old man knocked it off and it had to be replaced . |