Example sentences of "throw [pn reflx] into the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I took her there for a last relaxing evening before we threw ourselves into the election campaign .
2 He threw himself into the exercises with a hind of despairing frenzy .
3 The should of slow labouring footsteps could be heard moving along the first-floor landing as the boy threw himself into the kitchen and slammed the door behind him .
4 He made a dash for the big front door and threw himself into the gloomy chill of the hall .
5 Winton duly threw himself into the muddled affairs of the British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia , a group of diverse personalities whose good intentions far outstretched their capacity to offer constructive help .
6 Immediately he threw himself into the organization of a monster Albert Hall rally to welcome the Revolution .
7 He threw himself into the making of ITV series Travelling Man and was rewarded with huge success in the ratings .
8 As the god made no response Aenarion kept his promise and threw himself into the raging , white-hot inferno .
9 Nonetheless , he threw himself into the Union , making an ‘ absolute ’ fool of himself and becoming disillusioned .
10 Happily there presented itself such a person in Jeffrey ( now deservedly Lord ) Sterling , who threw himself into the task with total dedication .
11 This caused such a stir that Harrison threw himself into the cause of medical reform .
12 Cressy had been moored at Tardebigge for four years while Rolt undertook various forms of engineering war-work , but when peace returned he threw himself into the task of preserving the canal system .
13 He threw himself into the cause with immense energy , addressing meetings all over the country , persuading , lobbying , begging for funds .
14 He tried for years without success until finally , in utter despair , he threw himself into the kiln .
15 Rex thrust Laura into the back of the car and threw himself into the driver 's seat .
16 Hoover threw himself into the campaign .
17 After giving up her interior decoration business two years ago , Sally threw herself into the couple 's current venture , Harry Hares , a brasserie in Cirencester specialising in English food .
18 She threw herself into the literary and social life of Cambridge .
19 Claudia threw herself into the rehearsal for the show , trying to conquer her nerves by sheer will-power .
20 ‘ What happened next I do not know , ’ said the servant , ‘ but a year later she came to our house here and threw herself into the mistress 's arms and begged her to take her in .
21 With a sigh , rather than a cry , she threw herself into the water and felt peace .
22 They came with their ideals , found idyllic peace in the countryside , where a man could hardly fail to notice God in the quietness ; said their prayers in one of the fairest little parish churches in all the land ; reacted against , and then threw themselves into the orderliness of quasi-monastic life ; and studied what they wanted , and thought about truth .
23 Once again they turned their backs on the God who had brought them out of Egypt , and threw themselves into the arms of another .
24 At the end of one evening Francesco Panetta lost an ill-organised 10,000 metres and thousands of Italians mentally threw themselves into the Tiber .
25 Half running , half walking , they fled through the back garden , narrowly missing the Anderson , and threw themselves into the passage-way , the leaves swirling in after them .
26 They threw themselves into the celebrations , a temporary release from the daily routine , but the problems would still be there once the party was over .
27 Some mythic elements seem to be transformations of this cult practice , for example the episode where the young goddess Britomartis leaps into the sea to escape the clutches of Minos , or the contest at Aptera between Muses and Sirens which ended in the defeat of the Sirens , who then threw themselves into the sea .
28 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 .
29 Both she and Bernard were continually taken aback by the way their staff threw themselves into the Ashley enterprise — although they expected nothing less and , in different ways it was they who inspired their employees to rise above whatever talents they thought they could offer .
30 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 .
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