Example sentences of "threw it [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He held it up for the others to see and then threw it at the thin man contemptuously who automatically caught it in both hands . |
| 2 | Quiss stumbled out of his seat , almost falling , scooped a flat piece of slate from the floor and threw it at the red crow , which screamed and jumped out of the way , spreading its wings and dropping away , flying into the cold clear space below the balcony , its final call echoing briefly , like laughter . |
| 3 | Georgina picked up a letter from her desk , screwed it up and threw it at the waste-paper basket . |
| 4 | Making a hole in the top of a roll they poured in whiskey until it was well soaked , then threw it to the screaming gulls , who swooped upon it in their dozens . |
| 5 | He raised it , threw it over the small postbox gate . |
| 6 | He screwed the note up and threw it in the general direction of the wastepaper basket . |