Example sentences of "threw [pers pn] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So what I did was , I got some stones and threw them at the driver . ’ |
| 2 | Aunt Margaret hastily took a bunch of paper roses from a bag she carried and threw them at the stage . |
| 3 | He was pulling him , trying to get him off me — he threw him — he just threw him at the bed — I knew he was all right , he were screaming but I could n't — they were both screaming , Cathy and Gary both , and he got me by the throat . |
| 4 | Then Nour turned and saw us , and he leapt from his chair and took a cup of coffee ready-poured and threw it at the cat , who was near my foot , so that my foot was covered in coffee and the cat fled . |
| 5 | He took the grenade from his pocket , unleased the pin and threw it at the base of the double gates . |
| 6 | Stein came along , smelt the drink , refused to listen to Rough 's explanation , picked up the glass and threw it at the keeper and marched off . |
| 7 | They looked intently at him , then at each other , then executed a smart about-face ; the scullion with the loaf threw it at the other , who caught it and started to hit the other minion over the head with it as they ran back into the mist the way they had come , their figures — one crouched almost double , one striking out with the loaf of bread — and their running footsteps quickly absorbed by the rolling mists . |
| 8 | Slowly and carefully he picked up a stone and threw it at the window . |
| 9 | It started finally at the third attempt , and Sabine was almost weeping as she threw it at the hill . |
| 10 | He tore it off and threw it at the wastepaper basket . |