Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a bound , he was up and giving chase , hurling himself down the stairs . |
| 2 | Shouts and curses echoed across the vault , and then they were hurling themselves down the steps . |
| 3 | ‘ I could picture you so clearly , hurling yourselves down the motorway . ’ |
| 4 | Zach gave out a yell , threw the bedroom door open and almost flung himself down the stairs . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , on the other side of the door he was impatiently eyeing , Karen and I were locked in a windowless room about five feet by three , with no possibility of escape short of flushing ourselves down the lavatory . |
| 6 | Poor Mrs Sugden had her leg put in plaster , and was forced to bump herself down the stairs to get her husband 's meals — he had no intention of spoiling her . |
| 7 | And Maggie whisked herself down the stairs , out of the house and fifty yards along the street . |
| 8 | Feel like cutting myself down the middle ! |
| 9 | I had to force myself down the street to his house . |
| 10 | Personally , I 'd tell her to get herself down the road in double-quick time . ’ |
| 11 | She must have thrown herself down the stairs ! |
| 12 | A groove of concern chiselled itself down the middle of Lancaster 's forehead . |
| 13 | When Diana allegedly attempted suicide by throwing herself down the stairs at Sandringham , Charles called a doctor and then disappeared , leaving the Queen Mother to comfort his wife . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | A fair haired man with tanned complexion which was hidden under his heavy helmet and dirty face steadied himself down the steps . |
| 16 | In early January 1982 , her first New Year within the royal family , the pregnant Diana threatened to take her own life and then hurled herself down the stairs at Sandringham . |
| 17 | It was there where , in a fit of depression , she hurled herself down the stairs in a cry for help . |