Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] throw [pron] in " in BNC.

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1 Go through your drawers and anything you do n't need bring them down and throw them in the bin .
2 ‘ Chop 'em off and throw 'em in the dustbin , you understand ? ’
3 ‘ Instead of grabbing a tin of soup the book will say , ‘ Pick up a few carrots , a leek , chop them up and throw them in water , add a dash of cream , a few leaves of chervil , and you have something homely and delicious that you have made . ’
4 And I have cleaned round him , but you know , as quick as I pick them up and throw them in the corner , he gets them out again .
5 Although I keep pulling it up and throwing it in the dustbin , it keeps coming back .
6 Back at his hotel , packing for his return to London , John wondered how to fit this large acquisition into his luggage , could not think of a way , decided that he did not want a souvenir of the trip anyway because of his gloom about the impending ballet , so tore it up and threw it in the wastepaper basket .
7 He screwed the note up and threw it in the general direction of the wastepaper basket .
8 So of course our Emma got it and tore it up and threw it in the fire .
9 A great anger had heated up , one of Robertson 's new windows had been shattered by a stone , and the womenfolk had made a move to drag the teacher out and throw him in the river .
10 ‘ She tore a few pages out and threw them in the bin .
11 He stubbed it out and threw it in the fire .
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