Example sentences of "[conj] throw herself " in BNC.
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| 1 | The late Jimmy Irvine , one of the drivers , said , ‘ Och , ye 've seen that lassie that threw herself under a train at Pinmore in 1939 . ’ |
| 2 | For a craven moment she was tempted to go back and throw herself on the mercy of the landlady . |
| 3 | She took the phone off the hook , and threw herself into her hurt . |
| 4 | Summoning every scrap of courage , Mildred suddenly barged through the rows of pupils and threw herself in front of Mr Hellibore . |
| 5 | She raced upstairs to her apartment and threw herself on the bedcover , a Welsh patchwork quilt in a soft pattern of cream and pink . |
| 6 | She went into another room and threw herself on a bed . |
| 7 | She did n't know how long it would take for someone with a gun to get into position to fire at her , so she took another deep breath , and threw herself away from the buoy , cutting under the surface as she headed for the opening . |
| 8 | Julie screamed again and threw herself to one side , hissing in pain as a silver of broken glass sliced through the flesh on the back of her left hand . |
| 9 | Then she burst into tears and threw herself into my arms . |
| 10 | Jelka watched , astonished , as the woman kicked out wildly and threw herself about , trying to escape her captives , her face dark , contorted . |
| 11 | An oriental girl dressed as a matador wrenched off her domino and threw herself at me . |
| 12 | She scuffed through the gap in the chalk circle and threw herself down on the sacks . |
| 13 | She stopped making the tea , and threw herself angrily back in her chair . |
| 14 | She charged into the room and threw herself at him , punching him hard with her small , clenched fists . |
| 15 | Marianne crossed the room with her usual catlike grace and threw herself casually down on the bed . |
| 16 | With all her strength , she forced herself to stand and threw herself around the corner . |
| 17 | ‘ What happened next I do not know , ’ said the servant , ‘ but a year later she came to our house here and threw herself into the mistress 's arms and begged her to take her in . |
| 18 | She laughed and threw herself back on the pillows . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | She took the report , went out into the department and threw herself into her work with tight-lipped determination . |
| 21 | ‘ Unhand me , sir , ’ she cried , leaping up and throwing herself hysterically into Samuel 's arms . |
| 22 | Sweeping the debris of her engagement to some distant corner of her mind , and throwing herself trustingly at a man who , in the cold light of reality , had no time for her ? |
| 23 | ‘ Ross … ! ’ she cried , running over and throwing herself into his arms . |
| 24 | Josh Thayer 's warm brown eyes swam before her , and for a moment she wished she could simply find him and throw herself into his comforting arms . |
| 25 | She wanted to take hold of him and throw herself recklessly into his arms . |
| 26 | Stunned but ineffectual , she yelled in righteous rage and tried to pull herself to her feet , wanting nothing else but to throw herself at Duvall as … |