Example sentences of "throw herself " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any whiff of scandal had evaporated , and she now threw herself into a hectic work schedule . |
| 2 | Leila threw herself on Quincx , gabbling about what happened . |
| 3 | Filled with a restless , fevered energy that set every nerve twangling and pumped her blood full of adrenalin , Evelyn threw herself into her work as if the sheer force of her will could drive the hands of the clock round more swiftly . |
| 4 | Yeats watched , with an appalled fascination , as she threw herself into ‘ a joyous and self-forgetting condition of political hate ’ . |
| 5 | With a shriek of delight she threw herself at Maggie , enveloping her in the warmest of embraces . |
| 6 | Robyn threw herself enthusiastically into the struggle , on the radical side naturally . |
| 7 | Count Leo Tolstoy , whose tragic heroine Anna Karenina threw herself under a train , himself died in 1910 at the remote Russian country station of Astapovo . |
| 8 | Sister Bell threw herself over the body of the child , the repetitive tap of the bullets told us were we being especially dive-bombed , and shot up . |
| 9 | When he stopped the car on the way home Sally threw herself at him . |
| 10 | Jumping off , Perdita threw herself into Dancer 's arms , hugged the twins , and then turned more shyly to Ricky . |
| 11 | She took the phone off the hook , and threw herself into her hurt . |
| 12 | The 63-year-old woman , named only as Christel R , threw herself on to the spinning blade at Beverungen , Germany . |
| 13 | Summoning every scrap of courage , Mildred suddenly barged through the rows of pupils and threw herself in front of Mr Hellibore . |
| 14 | The late Jimmy Irvine , one of the drivers , said , ‘ Och , ye 've seen that lassie that threw herself under a train at Pinmore in 1939 . ’ |
| 15 | She smiled and winked at Marco — all this in an instant after the flare exploded and before she threw herself down , arms and legs spread wide , at the shrieking Perks below . |
| 16 | As she was about to say , ‘ I 'll tell the mistress you 've come , ’ there was a scampering of feet on the stairs , and Annabel almost threw herself on Millie , crying , ‘ Oh ! how lovely ! |
| 17 | He raised the chopper again , but his mother threw herself upon their tormentor screaming for help . |
| 18 | On one occasion she threw herself against a glass display cabinet at Kensington Palace while on another she slashed at her wrists with a razor blade . |
| 19 | Ace threw herself across the cabin . |
| 20 | Ace threw herself at the speeder controls , stamping on the throttle override while wrenching the steering column forward . |
| 21 | Jezrael threw herself to her knees beside him , not daring to touch his rag-doll body . |
| 22 | She raced upstairs to her apartment and threw herself on the bedcover , a Welsh patchwork quilt in a soft pattern of cream and pink . |
| 23 | ‘ She probably threw herself at him . |
| 24 | She threw herself into his arms , sighing deeply when he half-heartedly returned her embrace . |
| 25 | She threw herself backwards on to the wooden desk , and swung her legs high above her . |
| 26 | She threw herself down on the sofa , and slept . |
| 27 | Her voice ended in a shrill scream , as she threw herself back on the table and flung open her legs . |
| 28 | Bernice threw herself recklessly forward , knocking him over and then back . |
| 29 | Bathsheba walked up and down , crying and whispering to herself , then threw herself down by the road , exhausted . |
| 30 | She went into another room and threw herself on a bed . |