Example sentences of "threw it at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first I thought he was using it to wave at people , but then he bundled it up and threw it at a police car . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He took the grenade from his pocket , unleased the pin and threw it at the base of the double gates . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Slowly and carefully he picked up a stone and threw it at the window . |
| 7 | It started finally at the third attempt , and Sabine was almost weeping as she threw it at the hill . |
| 8 | He tore it off and threw it at the wastepaper basket . |