Example sentences of "[noun] throw [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever the reason , the gloom which her defeat threw over the racing scene was genuine . |
| 2 | This major administrative reorganization threw into sharp focus the acute difficulties surrounding the management and financing of Advanced Further Education as a whole , not least the role of the local education authorities in the government of polytechnics and other colleges . |
| 3 | Though America 's economic hegemony ended 20 years ago , the consequences of this were little appreciated within America , for the country 's military and geopolitical power went unchallenged until 1989–91 , when its old enemy threw in the towel . |
| 4 | Fiona kept her face away from him , looking out into the night , watching the vertical bright line of light the car threw onto the serried mass of dark conifers . |
| 5 | Latterly , a greyer tinge had coloured her skin ; and the scented rosins Abul threw on her brazier disguised a different turn in her illness . |
| 6 | He said , ‘ We started with a brainstorming session where all members of the Department threw in their ideas on the areas which needed written procedures . |
| 7 | Quarterback Stan Humphries threw for 275 yards , including 46 yards to Nate Lewis to set up the winning fourth-quarter touchdown . |
| 8 | The episode threw into chaos the normal wage bargaining consultations and only after several months of discussions was a new system of work organisation finally thrashed out . |
| 9 | We are concerned only with the additional light which this part of Anselm 's thought and action throws on the man himself , and here a number of features deserve attention . |
| 10 | Tornadoes that spun across the blue sky like vases thrown on some mad potter 's wheel . |
| 11 | Now retired and living in Cotherstone , she still glows at the memory of parties thrown by the Thwaites and the Fawcetts . |
| 12 | The room was exactly as she 'd left it — shoes in the middle of the floor , the overall she wore for doing the bedrooms thrown over the back of the chair . |
| 13 | It was too large for her and the wide sleeves of limp cotton hung from her freckled arms like rags thrown over a stick . |
| 14 | She says that it 's horrible , they get bricks thrown through their windows and clothes lines cut down . |
| 15 | Rice is a perfectionist when it comes to his art , which he practised as a child in Mississippi by catching bricks thrown at him by his brothers , sometimes four at a time . |
| 16 | A third fire engine was hit by bricks thrown by youths on its way to a call out in Southport Road , Bootle . |
| 17 | He surrounds himself with a considered disarray of natural objects ; piles of logs for the open fire , wooden rustic chairs , a chinese screen and antique rugs thrown over the parquet floor . |
| 18 | ‘ I thought it would be an asset in one of the chalets , ’ Doreen explained , with a reproachful glance thrown at Silas . |
| 19 | Lids unscrewed from jars , boxes opened , books thrown off the shelves . |
| 20 | Travis followed her down , his hard body half-covering her , one of his legs thrown over hers to keep her still . |
| 21 | ‘ Waiting on , mostly , although you can get all sorts thrown at you . |
| 22 | In a way the camera obscura can be a rather misleading metaphor , for the obscurity of the camera arose not from its images but its mechanisms ; in fact , Victorians were charmed by the sharpness and , indeed , accuracy of the images thrown onto the screen by the camera obscura . |
| 23 | Is more weight thrown onto the inside or outside of each foot ? |
| 24 | Well , frankly , I 'd rather have a little mud than a hatchet thrown at my back . |
| 25 | Well if there 's three er nations thrown into one , how did they get here ? |
| 26 | ‘ Beth 's been stabbed with scissors , had her paws stamped on and we 've had cups of tea thrown at us . |
| 27 | Thus when the girl secretary who was to become Dostoevsky 's wife rang the bell of his flat for the first time , the door was opened by an elderly woman servant with a green shawl thrown over her shoulders . |
| 28 | She was still in her night dress , with a paisley shawl thrown round her shoulders . |
| 29 | When he was hungry , he went to eat the left-overs thrown to the dogs outside the Anglesey farmhouse where he was staying with foster parents . |
| 30 | When he was hungry , he went to eat the left-overs thrown to the dogs outside the Anglesey farmhouse where he was staying with foster parents . |