Example sentences of "and throw [pn reflx] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the bank , the trumpet twittered again , and the water became full of spray and hurtling bodies as shoremen left their attack and threw themselves back on the sand . |
| 2 | I stood up , yawned and stretched , and threw myself on to a nearby sofa . |
| 3 | Larry gave up and left the room and threw himself on to an armchair in the living-room . |
| 4 | The frizzy-rugged beaner at the wheel shouted something and threw himself around for a while , but I kept on not not smoking quietly in the back , and nothing happened . |
| 5 | Jack came rushing down from his room on the top floor and threw himself down beside Bunty , cradling her head . |
| 6 | And she used to go with the district nurses a lot to er to treat different people specially a long time I remember erm a young man erm h he had er I think it was cerebral palsy he had and er he was so fed up with himself he threw paraffin over himself and er set light you know on the top of the stairs and threw himself down . |
| 7 | She scuffed through the gap in the chalk circle and threw herself down on the sacks . |
| 8 | She laughed and threw herself back on the pillows . |
| 9 | Jelka watched , astonished , as the woman kicked out wildly and threw herself about , trying to escape her captives , her face dark , contorted . |
| 10 | The next day she decided to saddle the horse for a ride , but as the girth was being tightened the horse pulled back in great fear , broke its halter rope , and threw itself over backwards sending the saddle crashing to the ground . |
| 11 | Anyway he is 24 , is a good ball winner and throws himself around a bit . |
| 12 | They used to run down into the Nerd , or whatever river it is that runs through Ealing , and throw themselves in , yelling about the love of Jesus . |
| 13 | It was a bad moment and I had to put down a swift impulse to rush to the side and throw myself over . |