Example sentences of "threw [adv prt] the [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cerda interviewed those named in his testimony , including Wally Fuentes Morrison , and then threw down the gauntlet to Pinochet . |
| 2 | It proved so effective that Wedgwood 's QC suddenly threw down the gauntlet to those he had continually derided as the ‘ united aesthetes ’ saying , ‘ If you are so sure you can save this building , buy it yourselves for £1 . ’ |
| 3 | Meanwhile , Bobby Ferguson yesterday threw down the gauntlet to Sunderland 's Welsh international , Colin Pascoe . |
| 4 | SUPERMARKET giant Sainsbury threw down the gauntlet to M & S , Tesco and Safeway yesterday with another set of sparkling results . |
| 5 | KEVIN Keegan yesterday threw down the gauntlet to refreshed Newcastle winger Franz Carr . |
| 6 | Mr Clarke threw down the gauntlet to a trio of Cabinet colleagues in the vanguard of demands for deeper spending cuts instead of higher taxes to tackle the projected £50 billion deficit . |
| 7 | Mr Clarke threw down the gauntlet to a trio of Cabinet colleagues in the vanguard of demands for deeper spending cuts instead of higher taxes to tackle the projected £50bn deficit . |
| 8 | Waldegrave threw out the challenge to the physics community last week at the annual conference of the Institute of Physics in Brighton . |