Example sentences of "launch [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Increasingly man is being urged to launch himself into the barely-explored regions of his innermost self in ‘ crafts ’ which are often unstable . |
| 2 | She just looked up at him with bewildered eyes and he put her firmly away , turning to launch himself into the water . |
| 3 | PHIL Sorenti decided to launch himself off the tallest building on campus for the best of reasons . |
| 4 | He became adept at launching himself over the canoe 's side ; first leaning back with legs outstretched athwart the cockpit , a quick flip of the body brought him face down towards the water before lowering himself onto it . |
| 5 | Now he was naked too beside her and making pantomime bows to his guests before launching himself into the night . |
| 6 | The fourth man had abandoned their horses to his wounded companion and was launching himself into the fray . |
| 7 | A hand launching itself into the air |
| 8 | Business Objects SA , a French software house that markets an object-oriented data access tool for end-users which bypasses SQL , will be launching itself onto the UK market next Wednesday . |
| 9 | They prepared to launch themselves at the waiting cordon of brawnier , no longer jeering , senior cadets . |
| 10 | And you know very well that as soon as you start to launch yourself into the world of contracting by , by its very nature a contract a a automatically has loopholes in it , and the more you write in a contract the more loopholes you 've got . |
| 11 | The build up to the next Olympic games believe it or not is already underway … and our Friday Feature this week comes from Milton Keynes where Britain 's ice skaters have been launching themselves into the challenge of gold |
| 12 | We went further down the slope to practise parachute landing falls and ground handling skills — everything you need to know before actually launching yourself off the side of a hill . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh God , ’ I replied , launching myself at the Moroccan fabric , ‘ he has n't blown the gaff on my war wound , has he ? |
| 14 | When they launch themselves into the air they suddenly straighten their bodies and hollow out their lower surfaces . |
| 15 | Young albatrosses on the Leeward Islands spend many days flapping their wings to exercise their muscles and develop their strength , but when they launch themselves into the air , they have to get it right first time . |
| 16 | Pinning the laminate onto my dress , I launch myself into the throng . |
| 17 | Simon launched himself towards the table and crashed both clenched fists down on its surface , making it rock dangerously and all the mugs and cans rattle . |
| 18 | He launched himself at the taller of the two men , dragging him back . |
| 19 | With a growl he launched himself at the wizard , boots clattering as he slid from ring to ring . |
| 20 | It was not until Ernest Bloch launched himself on the scene , with Three Jewish Poems in 1913 that ‘ Jewish music ’ per se arrived ; even then it was only half-oriental , half-western in style and colouration . |
| 21 | Lio ! rt gasped at the sudden turn of speed with which the wizard had dodged his killing stroke and , with that desperation only available to the really terrified , Rincewind uncoiled like a snake and launched himself across the space between them . |
| 22 | He launched himself over the edge , going into free-fall , his feet still planted on his board . |
| 23 | Recovering his balance with uncanny speed , he snarled and launched himself after the still tumbling figure of his intended victim . |
| 24 | Thunder flashes , Roman candles and other pyrotechnics would enliven its passage until , a spinning hoop of flame , it launched itself over the cliff , described a brief trajectory and plunged into the sea , never to be seen again . |
| 25 | By going global before its rivals and by investing heavily in managerial expertise , IBM launched itself as the world 's biggest computer company . |
| 26 | With that strength of support coming from far and near , the South Ronaldsay Parents Action Committee launched itself into the mammoth task it faced . |
| 27 | and as soon as the panes been blown out , it was such a force , it was blowing them between two houses , smashing on the road , and in the end , once a few more panes had gone that was it the whole greenhouse , I sat there watching this greenhouse , it just suddenly launched itself off the bit on it , over our fence , it went , there was glass everywhere for weeks afterwards , when I was cutting the lawn , oh dear the |
| 28 | Zambia launched hirself from the window , twisting hir body to the right , throwing up hir legs to , hopefully , land on hir shoulder . |
| 29 | She launched herself through the doorway and was safely behind the skip by the time the first bullets rattled against it . |
| 30 | Ace switched on the spacewalk jets and launched herself through the widening yawn of the doors . |