Example sentences of "[adv] throw [pn reflx] into [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's right , yes I mean , the goalkeeper was fantastic first half , and really we only had one chance second half , and he made a great save from Fossey. erm First half , it was a case of just throwing himself into the right area and the ball was hitting his body and you know , he was just a good example of how to be a good goalkeeper . |
| 2 | Winton duly threw himself into the muddled affairs of the British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia , a group of diverse personalities whose good intentions far outstretched their capacity to offer constructive help . |
| 3 | Rather than remain uninvolved in village activities and risking the accusation of being ‘ stand-offish ’ , many of them enthusiastically throw themselves into the life of the community , provoking the opposite complaint from the local population of ‘ wanting to take the place over ’ . |
| 4 | Any whiff of scandal had evaporated , and she now threw herself into a hectic work schedule . |
| 5 | They came with their ideals , found idyllic peace in the countryside , where a man could hardly fail to notice God in the quietness ; said their prayers in one of the fairest little parish churches in all the land ; reacted against , and then threw themselves into the orderliness of quasi-monastic life ; and studied what they wanted , and thought about truth . |
| 6 | Some mythic elements seem to be transformations of this cult practice , for example the episode where the young goddess Britomartis leaps into the sea to escape the clutches of Minos , or the contest at Aptera between Muses and Sirens which ended in the defeat of the Sirens , who then threw themselves into the sea . |
| 7 | At the end of one evening Francesco Panetta lost an ill-organised 10,000 metres and thousands of Italians mentally threw themselves into the Tiber . |
| 8 | parenthood , for example yo before the capabilities of reproductive technology became available nobody sat down and questioned whether we had a right to have children or not , whether it was a responsibility , a right or whatever , I mean it 's it 's very ironic that we 've actually thrown ourselves into a realm where we have to consider all these fundamental things about human behaviour and human nature |