Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] throw [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Out of office for the first time since 1951 , the Conservatives threw themselves into policy making after the 1964 election defeat . |
| 3 | The hounds threw themselves at the gate . |
| 4 | There was fighting in the gangways and a young girl beat the bouncers to throw herself at his feet . |
| 5 | As the armies clash the Flagellants throw themselves into the fray in a gesture of sacrifice and doom . |
| 6 | When their big friends get stuck into close combat the Snotlings throw themselves on the enemy , screaming and yelling crazily , waving their wooden clubs and biting the foes with their sharp teeth . |
| 7 | Why the Romans threw themselves into the difficult business of absorbing the culture of one foreign nation just when they were involved in exhausting wars with another foreign nation , remains one of those puzzles which characterize nations in their most inscrutable and decisive hours . |