Example sentences of "[pers pn] throw [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two explosions in quick succession made me throw myself to the ground . |
| 2 | I threw myself on top of the wheelbarrow to hold it down as he passed . |
| 3 | ‘ I guess I threw myself at you because of everything that had happened between Jonathan and myself ; I guess I was just looking for a diversion and you happened to be in the right place at the right time . ’ |
| 4 | I threw myself at the door and tried desperately to open it . |
| 5 | I threw myself with apparent enthusiasm into a conversation Marietta and the solicitor were having about the difficulty of finding and keeping reliable cleaning ladies . |
| 6 | Someone shouted : " Lie down ! " , and as I threw myself to the ground , I felt a bullet hit me . |
| 7 | Could n't you see that I loved her when I s the moment I saw her , I just , I just I threw myself to her , I wanted to give her anything , even my life . |
| 8 | I threw myself into the ditch as two further explosions occurred , this time at the crossroads just ahead of the jeep . |
| 9 | The Clwydian Hills , rising to the south and cloaked in cloud , looked wonderfully alluring : so I threw myself into the long climb with far more vigour than I might have done normally . |
| 10 | For the next few years I threw myself into a whirlwind of activities — involving myself in a Women 's Aid refuge , women 's centres , campaigns , demonstrations and conferences . |
| 11 | My girlfriend , after my eleven-month absence , had understandably left me , and it was in the company of my two still-faithful black cats that I threw myself into writing . |
| 12 | Alter that night I threw myself into the struggle on Mrs Rumney 's behalf . |
| 13 | I threw myself against the cell door and hammered and shouted , crying to be let out . |
| 14 | I threw myself against the wall and prayed . |
| 15 | Crazed and almost overcome , I threw myself upon a bed , inert and awaiting death . |
| 16 | ‘ I throw myself at your feet , oh Lord Malamute . ’ |
| 17 | I throw myself at this Azadi and we wrestle like children in the mud . |
| 18 | By day I throw myself into my work . |
| 19 | Why the hell did n't you throw yourself at the door ? ’ |
| 20 | With a shriek of delight she threw herself at Maggie , enveloping her in the warmest of embraces . |
| 21 | And so she threw herself at him , leaping for his throat , a tall , strong , totally desperate girl with nothing whatsoever to lose , who would have been hard for any man to handle , even a man as powerful and totally unchivalrous as Christie Goldsborough , had he not been ready for her . |
| 22 | She danced on , oblivious , then he must have said something , and she danced seductively , fluidly , to the edge of the roof , hips moving slow , a big smile on her face as she looked down at Lewis , then she threw herself off the roof . |
| 23 | She threw herself off the bed and hauled the first outfit that came to hand from the wardrobe . |
| 24 | Emily Davison died when she threw herself under the King 's horse during the 1913 Derby . |
| 25 | Yeats watched , with an appalled fascination , as she threw herself into ‘ a joyous and self-forgetting condition of political hate ’ . |
| 26 | She threw herself into his arms , sighing deeply when he half-heartedly returned her embrace . |
| 27 | In the shop , in the dimness , she threw herself into Nick 's arms and kissed him . |
| 28 | She threw herself into the literary and social life of Cambridge . |
| 29 | She threw herself into his arms at every opportunity , and like a gentleman he kissed her back . |
| 30 | Needing no further urging , she threw herself into his arms and he carried her upstairs . |