Sentence examples for throwing a rope from inspiring English sources

She shouted back that she would be throwing a rope in their direction.

But it is not difficult to imagine Colonial parents throwing a rope over a tree and attaching a wooden plank to it, or man's earliest ancestors swinging on vines simply for the fun of it.

Nearly two weeks after those storms, Ms. Grist's friends are still coming over, climbing a ladder, throwing a rope around themselves and cleaning off other parts of the roof to avert more damage.

They often crossed the leads by breaking off a huge chunk of ice with snow axes, throwing a rope over the water to the next chunk, and using a pulley system to propel themselves and the dogs across.

Uneasy flashbacks to Ward's childhood, where his evil older brother prevented him from throwing a rope to his younger brother trapped at the bottom of a well, were dotted throughout the episode, but never really paid off (though the odds of his older brother turning up in a future episode must be high).

Unable to pay the prison fees, Bliss had been left with so little to eat that he had tried to escape by throwing a rope over the wall, but his pursuers severed it and he fell 20 feet into the prison yard.

Wouldn't any decent person throw a rope to a drowning person?

This time, he threw a rope over a high branch and hoisted the box up.

Earle Helton, 80, a retired chemist hospitalized after a stroke, ordered his family to "throw a rope over the hedge so he could escape," said his daughter, Amanda.

The man, identified by his family as Marcial Rios-Aguilar, apparently threw a rope over a branch at Allerton Avenue and Bronx Park East, the police said.

It is believed Mr Toogood, 32, managed to throw a rope round the propeller to slow the boat down before leaping across and taking the wheel.