And let me warn you that it is dangerous to copy the example of a nation whose crimes, towering up to heaven, were thrown down by the breath of the Almighty, burying that nation in irrecoverable ruin!
The challenge was thrown down by the Heartsease's bullying mate and accepted by Thomas Cave.
Francisco Almaguer, the pastry chef, does not flinch at the challenge thrown down by Mr. DeMarco.
In the afternoon sun, Matera looks like a pile of tarnished gold thrown down by a careless giant.
A woman is thrown down by her lover, or carried naked on his shoulders, a mere object.
And Parliament did… they picked up the gauntlet thrown down by the judges, took up the challenge.
Were those who planned the evening also meaning to pick up a gauntlet thrown down by Miami City Ballet?
Well, as if picking up a gauntlet thrown down by Ms. Coppola, the opening scene of Mr. Adjmi's "Marie Antoinette" features plates of colorful macaroons.
He pointed to a pile of worn-out mats, collected from around the village and haphazardly thrown down by the low boundary wall.
With every exhilarating dunk thrown down by Bryant, every rainbow 3-pointer released by Derek Fisher, every full-court sprint by the gargantuan O'Neal, Showtime was revisited.
Earlier on Tuesday, the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, said he would meet the funding challenge thrown down by the NHS chief executive, Simon Stevens, last year.
