Example sentences of "flung [pn reflx] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lee flung himself on to the dog . |
| 2 | Kenny Clark flung himself forward at the ball , only to see his efforts strike the foot of the post , but Julio Berazi was on hand to stab home and collect his fourth goal of the season . |
| 3 | Suddenly , from the top of the bank , Buckthorn flung himself headlong into the scuffle , knocked one of the guards flying with a kick from his back legs and then closed with the other . |
| 4 | Tom flung himself back into the chair beside her , still without speaking , and Belinda stood there while Faye gave her a watchful glance . |
| 5 | Then he flung himself down on the settee . |
| 6 | He sighed and flung himself down on the chair . |
| 7 | At that moment a slim figure flung itself out of the shadows to tumble Lefevre 's giant adversary from his feet . |
| 8 | Daalny stood tense and at a loss for one moment , before she flung herself bodily into the open doorway , as though she feared the door might be slammed again before she could prevent , though Cadfael made no move . |
| 9 | Mary gave one horrified glance at it , then flung herself madly into the ditch at the side of the lane . |
| 10 | Jamie 's prophetic words floated back to her and she flung herself on to the bed , staring at nothing , her body rigid with the tension of a woman in the grip of violent , unsated desire . |
| 11 | Rosa flung herself over to the other side of the bed . |
| 12 | Faye pushed the wheeled dinner tray aside and flung herself over in the bed to face away from her brother . |
| 13 | After they had told her Wexford and Burden sat helplessly while she flung herself face-downwards on the sofa and sobbed into the cushions . |
| 14 | Nutty flung herself blindly at the opposition . |
| 15 | She slept through the alarm and woke abruptly at seven-thirty , swearing loudly as she almost flung herself out of the bed , and reached for her house-coat . |
| 16 | Flavia flung herself out of the room . |
| 17 | She flung herself out of the kitchen and along the passage . |
| 18 | She gave an irritated sigh and flung herself back on the pillows , staring straight up at the ceiling . |
| 19 | Breathlessly she flung herself down on the window seat . |
| 20 | Then suddenly she flung herself down on the bed and closed her eyes . |
| 21 | Felicity flung herself down on the sacrificial stone , opening wide her legs , arching her back , so that her pudendum rose in the air like some nocturnal flower . |
| 22 | He left , and Fran flung herself down on the bed , pummelling the pillow with her fists in a sudden explosion of temper . |
| 23 | When the dancing had reached its climax , the whole crowd flung themselves on to the floor and further worked themselves up into what looked like a communal epileptic fit . |
| 24 | Nomes flung themselves flat on the trembling deck of the cab . |
| 25 | Exhausted front seven hours of nonstop toil , the brothers flung themselves down on the red soil in the shade along with the other fifteen hundred coolies of the plantation and lay like dead men . |
| 26 | I flung myself down on the grass in the sunshine and stared up at the blue . |