Example sentences of "threw [pn reflx] on [art] " in BNC.

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1 The death at the weekend of Siho Iyiguven , who threw himself on a burning mattress at Harmondsworth detention centre , near Heathrow , was followed yesterday with further suicide threats by detainees who barricaded themselves into their dormitory .
2 But as I turned to go downstairs , my landlord , thinking he was alone , threw himself on the bed , pushed open the window and called into the darkness .
3 Gerard threw himself on the floor .
4 Richard threw himself on the floor screaming !
5 She went into another room and threw herself on a bed .
6 She raced upstairs to her apartment and threw herself on the bedcover , a Welsh patchwork quilt in a soft pattern of cream and pink .
7 She began to yell furiously , then threw herself on the ground , red-faced with rage , stamping her feet and screwing up her eyes .
8 With a wail Jenny threw herself on the bed and buried her face in her pillow .
9 Then she went through and threw herself on the comfortable cool silk bedcover , and lay in luxury , gazing up at the gently rotating white fan .
10 Shots slammed into the walls inside the courtyard where the civilians cried and threw themselves on the ground .
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