Example sentences of "[prep] throw [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A SEX pest who stalked TV weathergirl Ulrika Jonsson died after throwing himself under an express train , it was revealed last night . |
| 2 | I thought if someone brought you to your senses , before it was too late , you 'd have a chance , instead of throwing yourself into any trouble that came along . |
| 3 | There 's the percentage game of wage slavery , mortgage and pension plans , and then there 's the less predictable option of throwing yourself to the fates and seeing what happens . |
| 4 | When Geoffrey of Brittany was buried it was said that Philip had been forcibly prevented from throwing himself into the grave to join his friend . |
| 5 | But he did not wait for a reply before throwing himself to one side as a sabre whistled down and buried itself deep in the brickwork of the window sill where he had been sitting . |
| 6 | So much so that he spent fully eight years in a succession of colleges before throwing himself on the tender mercies of the world . |
| 7 | For the army of Alba , it seemed , was not at all unprepared for the sudden emergence of the enemy from the wood and only waited politely , as before , for the troublesome stream to be crossed , together with a number of novel earthworks of Bishop Hrolf 's devising , before throwing itself in neat but different formation against Siward 's lines . |
| 8 | Television and newspapers no longer praise model entrepreneurs but heroic labourers such as Zhang Fuxin , praised for throwing himself into a pit of polluted mud to retrieve a piece of equipment . |
| 9 | When he heard of the multiple deaths , he committed suicide by throwing himself under a lorry . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Despite being repeatedly arrested and brought back home , bruised and beaten by the police , she finally got to see the King by throwing herself into the road in front of the Royal car . |
| 12 | Shortly before the war , she had committed suicide by throwing herself from the bridge into the path of a train . |