Example sentences of "[noun] throw [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Bernice threw herself at another of the creatures . |
| 2 | And first , there was a long interruption to normal service at Prime Minister 's Question Time when two Tory backbenchers threw themselves in front of the House and got mown down by the Opposition roaring with ridicule . |
| 3 | Following through in a single smooth action , Manville threw himself to the ground and rolled out of the doorway on to the sidewalk . |
| 4 | Scott threw himself with enthusiasm into this exacting assignment . |
| 5 | Concern 's chief executive , Aengus Finucane , in Somalia on a visit , said : ‘ Wendy Murphy , a nurse who was with Valerie , said Valerie threw herself to the floor of the car when the shooting started . |
| 6 | Richard threw himself on the floor screaming ! |
| 7 | Tammuz threw himself into a chair and put his feet up on the edge of his workstation . |
| 8 | Rudyard Kipling threw himself with zest into his offering for the library , choosing several poems , among them ‘ If ’ and ‘ The Road through the Woods ’ . |
| 9 | Out of office for the first time since 1951 , the Conservatives threw themselves into policy making after the 1964 election defeat . |
| 10 | Gerard threw himself on the floor . |
| 11 | With another whoop of delight the child threw herself at Jake , flinging her arms around him as he bent down to scoop her up . |
| 12 | It was 3-0 just before half-time as Shearer threw himself at the ball . |
| 13 | The should of slow labouring footsteps could be heard moving along the first-floor landing as the boy threw himself into the kitchen and slammed the door behind him . |
| 14 | The old man swayed gently on his haunches , then , as the boy threw himself to the left , moved effortlessly across , fending off the child with his palms , using the least force possible to achieve his end . |
| 15 | Jessica threw herself onto the floor on top of him , and put her tongue into his open mouth and kissed him till he smothered , rubbing her wet vagina hard onto his knee and thigh . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's out of the question , ’ he responded harshly , but Melanie threw herself against him . |
| 17 | Helplessly , Harry stood silent as Cora-Beth threw herself into her father 's arms . |
| 18 | The anti-bloodsports campaigner threw himself in the Amazon 's path , brandishing his clipboard . |
| 19 | Jumping off , Perdita threw herself into Dancer 's arms , hugged the twins , and then turned more shyly to Ricky . |
| 20 | The Mensheviks threw themselves into the working-class trade unions and other organizations which sprang up , seeking the fusion of the Party and the rank-and-file proletariat . |
| 21 | Jezrael threw herself to her knees beside him , not daring to touch his rag-doll body . |
| 22 | Returning to the main cavern at a dead run , Ace threw herself to the side as a cluster of boxes not far off exploded with a sharp blast , hurling several of the defenders into he oily waters . |
| 23 | Stray shots buzzing all around , Ace threw herself behind a large fallen stalactite a few yards from the sandbags , just as her ammunition ran out . |
| 24 | Another sharp blast of heavy rain threw itself at the windowpanes of her flat , and brought Leith , startled , out of the brown study she had fallen into . |
| 25 | [ Suddenly BELVILLE throws himself on PAMELA . |
| 26 | The hounds threw themselves at the gate . |
| 27 | Owen threw himself over the wall and dropped down . |
| 28 | There is a moment here when Fred Pearson 's Shotover ( looking like a raffish , siren-suited version of Shaw himself ) says of his daughter , Lady Utterword , that she is afraid that she has no heart to break : at which point Jennie Stoller 's stately , voluptuous Ariadne throws himself at his feet with a wrenching poignancy . |
| 29 | And apart from football results and local scandals , most of the stories seemed to deal with dock riots , railway strikes , suffragettes throwing themselves under horses , derelicts in the London embankment and half a million children ill-fed and diseased . |
| 30 | One , from a McKeever header , was particularly outstanding , the Duns keeper throwing himself to his right and managing to hold on to the ball . |