Example sentences of "[conj] throw [pron] into the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | so the second level of using theory was to actually begin to find out what I could do to help myself and that threw me into the middle of ‘ what is knowledge ? ’ |
| 2 | He rattled them between cupped hands and threw them into the dust . |
| 3 | When he reached the table , he wrenched the flowers form their display and threw them into the rows of assembled journalists . |
| 4 | Pearl Jam trashed their guitars and threw them into the audience . |
| 5 | In a bid to regain his machine the unemployed roofer climbed to the top of a building , ripped off tiles and threw them into the street , it was alleged . |
| 6 | Then they sealed the lid and threw him into the Nile . |
| 7 | He dived headlong as he reached the top , but Burun stepped out of the way , caught his son 's sash at the back as he passed , swung him round and threw him into the wreckage of the bed again . |
| 8 | Furious at the decision of young King David II to appoint Sir Alexander Ramsay rather than himself as sheriff of Teviotdale , Douglas captured Ramsay and threw him into the Hermitage dungeon . |
| 9 | Half running , half walking , they fled through the back garden , narrowly missing the Anderson , and threw themselves into the passage-way , the leaves swirling in after them . |
| 10 | Once again they turned their backs on the God who had brought them out of Egypt , and threw themselves into the arms of another . |
| 11 | Barbara tried to follow , but Duvall slammed the door against her and she cried out in pain as he pulled it open again , grabbed her arm and threw her into the office . |
| 12 | Callowly , I was disgusted by all this ; I avoided my mother and threw myself into the job of telling lies for La Clava . |
| 13 | I stopped going to parties , stopped drinking and threw myself into the regime of Ron 's hard training schedules . |
| 14 | Rex thrust Laura into the back of the car and threw himself into the driver 's seat . |
| 15 | He picked it up and threw it into the flames . |
| 16 | Very , very carefully , Holmes took the snake and threw it into the metal box . |
| 17 | Mould slid the rugby ball onto the hook , and threw it into the water . |
| 18 | She leant forward now and picked up a log of wood and threw it into the centre of the glowing ashes . |
| 19 | Annoyed , she crumpled the map and threw it into the gutter . |
| 20 | She seized the shoe and threw it into the fireplace . |
| 21 | Luke scooped the fish up from Carey 's arms and threw it into the shallows . |
| 22 | He opened the door , took off his cap and threw it into the stall : ‘ If that 's welcome , ’ he said , ‘ so am I. ’ In a short time the horse came to the door : they put the bridle on him and shortly afterwards the Norfolk man was taking the horse to the smithy to be shod . |
| 23 | He pulled off his shirt and threw it into the corner of the tiny room . |
| 24 | Instead , he picked up a stone and threw it into the bushes , then made a noise that sounded suspiciously like ‘ shoo , shoo ’ . |
| 25 | The boy waved his stick round his head and threw it into the pool . |
| 26 | He watched in awe as she wrenched off her smart hat and threw it into the carriage with her gloves . |
| 27 | ‘ What happened next I do not know , ’ said the servant , ‘ but a year later she came to our house here and threw herself into the mistress 's arms and begged her to take her in . |
| 28 | Someone had put them in a box and thrown them into the canal . |
| 29 | We prop the grating open with another branch and spend the next half-hour pulling fallen branches and logs from all over that part of the hill , dragging them into the clump of bushes and throwing them into the shaft ; we snap dead branches off trees and bushes and haul and peel living ones off ; we scrape together armfuls of dry leaf litter and throw those over the edge of the chimney , too ; everything goes under the grating and down into the shaft . |
| 30 | In Yohei 's case , this collapses into a craven botch — hilariously acted by Ryo Amamiya — in which he more or less accidentally dispatches his wife but ca n't bring himself to take the plunge and throw himself into the river as promised . |