Example sentences of "he throw [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like Lucifer falling out of Heaven , he threw himself off the back of the pageant , not caring that the paving stones lay three leagues below . |
| 2 | He threw himself across the passenger seat , still holding the handset which was on the open line to his control at Selby and shouted ‘ ten nine , ten nine , ten nine ’ — the police equivalent of SOS requesting immediate help . |
| 3 | ‘ He threw himself under us , he must have done . ’ |
| 4 | He 'd managed to walk out of a locked ward at the Fairmile psychiatric hospital , and it 's thought he threw himself under an express train . |
| 5 | He threw himself at me and I jumped to one side , leaving him to fall on the deck . |
| 6 | He threw himself with good grace into everything , even this . |
| 7 | He sort of stood there , and then , after we 'd recognised him , he threw himself on us both , hugging and kissing us . |
| 8 | She floundered like a seal in the greasy mess , and when he threw himself on top of her , the battle began . |
| 9 | This experience appeared to transform him and he threw himself into a great surge of composition , writing a Mass of Thanksgiving for unaccompanied choir filling 100 pages of manuscript , which he completed in 15 days , as well as other works , including a setting of Out of the Deep which is given its first performance by his choir at St Philip and St James , Cheltenham , at his funeral on today . |
| 10 | He threw himself into the exercises with a hind of despairing frenzy . |
| 11 | Having secured his freedom , his sexual appetite continued unabated and he threw himself into an even more vigorous life of carnal debauchery . |
| 12 | No longer ‘ Mr Madonna ’ , he threw himself into filming Judgement in Berlin and Casualties of War . |
| 13 | Immediately he threw himself into the organization of a monster Albert Hall rally to welcome the Revolution . |
| 14 | He threw himself into the making of ITV series Travelling Man and was rewarded with huge success in the ratings . |
| 15 | Unhampered by a client 's needs , he threw himself into a legitimate extension of his pipe dream : the Dolls ' House became his home . |
| 16 | The experience convinced him that Europe was on the brink of revolution , and he threw himself into revolutionary Anarchist ‘ Situationism ’ , which rejected conventional left-wing political parties . |
| 17 | He worked very hard , even in the holidays : he threw himself into all the activities of the school and contributed a number of well-received papers to conferences on education . |
| 18 | Nonetheless , he threw himself into the Union , making an ‘ absolute ’ fool of himself and becoming disillusioned . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He threw himself into the cause with immense energy , addressing meetings all over the country , persuading , lobbying , begging for funds . |
| 21 | In the United States , as earlier , he threw himself into opposition against Fascism and Nazism . |
| 22 | He tried for years without success until finally , in utter despair , he threw himself into the kiln . |
| 23 | That perception only added to the urgency with which he threw himself into new international initiatives . |
| 24 | Despite the time lost , he threw himself into his work and eventually , with a good brain and a determination to achieve , obtained qualification to become a surgeon in a children 's hospital . |
| 25 | He turned from Alina , trying to retch but with his clogged windpipe preventing even that ; he threw himself toward the doors , trying to get out into air , air that he could n't quite reach . |
| 26 | I 'll see you , phone you one day in the week , I saw the post lady coming up the drive and I said to Henry who 's that , he threw himself against the top window so there was indeed someone coming up the drive , tore into the dinning room , picked up his tennis ball , raced back to the window and wow , wow , wow , with his ball in his mouth , and I said Henry you 're really going to frightened off intruders with a ball in your mouth , I said . |
| 27 | Driven to the edge of despair and traumatised by the prospect of a court-case that deeply injured his pride , he threw himself in front of an express train bound for Edinburgh . |
| 28 | Although deaf and dumb and so unable to raise an alarm , he threw himself in front of an approaching train in a valiant effort to save a mother and child . |
| 29 | He throws himself without a word onto the blanket beside him . |
| 30 | Eventually , driven to despair , he throws himself under a train . |