Example sentences of "throw it at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of bowling the ball , which bore a small silver shield , Mr Cottle threw it at a low-flying swan . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , you daft loony ! ’ she yelled and threw it at him . |
| 6 | Then he picked up a chair and threw it at Detchard 's legs . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He took the grenade from his pocket , unleased the pin and threw it at the base of the double gates . |
| 9 | The other man picked up the dressing gown lying on the end of the bed and threw it at Connelly . |
| 10 | He tore it off and threw it at the wastepaper basket . |
| 11 | Georgina picked up a letter from her desk , screwed it up and threw it at the waste-paper basket . |
| 12 | It came free and he threw it at me . |
| 13 | Slowly and carefully he picked up a stone and threw it at the window . |
| 14 | He looked desperately around for a weapon , picked up a bowl of hot soup and threw it at Edgar , who started screaming . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Folly grabbed a pillow from behind her and threw it at Luke , then saw his face change with sudden desire as the sheet slipped down to expose her breasts . |
| 18 | It started finally at the third attempt , and Sabine was almost weeping as she threw it at the hill . |
| 19 | He seized a brick desperately and threw it at Yussuf . |
| 20 | He grabbed a sandwich off his plate and threw it at Asik . |
| 21 | Just me ? today because in because it was in your place I came back from she 's got a big scratch book mum and she glued it on and came that close to me it 's about there and he threw it at me and there . |
| 22 | She says I threw it at him . |
| 23 | One picks up a piece of donkey shit and throws it at his friend who runs off laughing . |
| 24 | The vulture selects a rock , picks it up in its beak and , standing about half to one metre away , throws it at the egg with considerable force . |
| 25 | ‘ But I hope you did n't throw it at him , ’ she said . |
| 26 | Do n't throw it at me . |
| 27 | well I 'm always calling them tweedle dum and tweedle dee , hey do n't throw it at the house , it might be something fragile |
| 28 | You do n't you throw it at animals to kill them . |
| 29 | She had given Nina all her cash , and the girl had thrown it at Clive . |
| 30 | The devil , or alternatively the giant , Wade , is supposed to have scooped out the hole during a quarrel with a neighbour , and thrown it at his adversary . |