Example sentences of "throw [pn reflx] on [pos pn] " in BNC.
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1 | He knew he deserved nothing and so he decided to go home and throw himself on his father 's mercy . |
2 | He came and threw himself on our bed , shaking all over . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | Corbett had heard such a sound many times during his war in Wales and , without thinking , threw himself on his face . |
5 | The fire-bellied toad , when alarmed , suddenly throws itself on its back , so exposing its underside which blazes with a yellow and black pattern , a colour combination which is widely recognised in the animal world as a warning . |
6 | But I take the humanitarian line that this permits Mr Tim to engage in full imaginative sympathy with those tongues of Babel who throw themselves on his mercy . |
7 | ‘ Oh Ruth , throw yourself on his mercy ! |
8 | But he hurled himself out , across the corridor to his own room , to throw himself on his bed in rage and self-disgust . |
9 | You 're so sweet I just wanted to throw myself on your mercy and beg you to help me . |