Example sentences of "[conj] throw [pn reflx] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally I decided to decline politely and throw myself on the mercy of an acquaintance instead . ’ |
| 2 | He knew he deserved nothing and so he decided to go home and throw himself on his father 's mercy . |
| 3 | For a craven moment she was tempted to go back and throw herself on the mercy of the landlady . |
| 4 | Shots slammed into the walls inside the courtyard where the civilians cried and threw themselves on the ground . |
| 5 | On one occasion when he had failed to produce an essay for the third week running , Betjeman wandered sheepishly into Lewis 's room and threw himself on his knees by the hearth . |
| 6 | He came and threw himself on our bed , shaking all over . |
| 7 | He broke free of the lieutenant and threw himself on top of me . |
| 8 | She raced upstairs to her apartment and threw herself on the bedcover , a Welsh patchwork quilt in a soft pattern of cream and pink . |
| 9 | She went into another room and threw herself on a bed . |
| 10 | Then she went through and threw herself on the comfortable cool silk bedcover , and lay in luxury , gazing up at the gently rotating white fan . |
| 11 | Satisfied that the room is empty , he enters quickly , closes the door behind him emphatically , and throws himself on the settee with a groan of weariness . |
| 12 | Once he had arrived at the Southern Capital , he had proclaimed his loyalty to the old gods loudly and publicly , disowning the Aten and throwing himself on the mercy of the priests of Amun , who even then were growing bold as the revolutionary pharaoh lost his grip both on reality and his empire . |