Example sentences of "[conj] fling [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereupon , declaring that no less precious food should thereafter pass her lips , the lady had , variously , starved herself to death or flung herself from the window , in which case her blood had forever coloured the ruddy rocks of Roussillon . |
| 2 | I was spitting with fear and frustration as I yanked on some clothes and flung myself into the control area . |
| 3 | He summoned all the archbishops and bishops who were with him in Sicily and flung himself to the ground at their feet . |
| 4 | Sweating with fear , Lepine dashed along the verandah and flung himself behind the wheel of the Citron . |
| 5 | Pickets broke through the police lines and flung themselves into the road in an attempt to stop the vehicles . |
| 6 | She ran past him , and flung herself on the door , fumbling with the catch . |
| 7 | Robyn swore and flung herself at the stove , trying to scrape what was left of the bacon away from the bottom of the pan . |
| 8 | Robbie screamed and flung herself against the protective width of Fen 's chest . |
| 9 | He was going to spend the show hissing and flinging himself across the scaffolding arch which ran up the sides and across the top of the stage , and from which monkeys dangled , taunting Baloo the bear , who could n't climb and groaned a lot . |
| 10 | I have to know everything and fling myself into the 3rd century . |
| 11 | Paige ground her teeth , very nearly tempted to behave in an unladylike way and fling herself across the table and scratch his eyes out — anything to stop their icy mockery . |
| 12 | The sea answered her voice , and she saw a great heave of water rise and fling itself over the dunes . |
| 13 | Well , there 's a certain romance in floating in a warm swimming pool on a cold winter 's night , looking up at the stars and wondering whether to fling oneself down the rapids or go and sit in a Jacuzzi instead . |