Example sentences of "throw myself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone shouted : " Lie down ! " , and as I threw myself to the ground , I felt a bullet hit me . |
| 2 | I threw myself into the ditch as two further explosions occurred , this time at the crossroads just ahead of the jeep . |
| 3 | The Clwydian Hills , rising to the south and cloaked in cloud , looked wonderfully alluring : so I threw myself into the long climb with far more vigour than I might have done normally . |
| 4 | I stopped going to parties , stopped drinking and threw myself into the regime of Ron 's hard training schedules . |
| 5 | ‘ And I threw back the bedclothes before I had any more time to think about it and burst out of the bed ; threw myself into the middle of the bedroom , screaming and roaring and thrashing about . ’ |
| 6 | Alter that night I threw myself into the struggle on Mrs Rumney 's behalf . |
| 7 | Callowly , I was disgusted by all this ; I avoided my mother and threw myself into the job of telling lies for La Clava . |
| 8 | I threw myself at the door and tried desperately to open it . |
| 9 | I threw myself against the cell door and hammered and shouted , crying to be let out . |
| 10 | I threw myself against the wall and prayed . |
| 11 | ‘ If you had warned me then of the horrors in store , I should have thrown myself under the stage rather than have travelled inside it . ’ |
| 12 | If I 'd admitted to myself how I really felt about him I 'd have thrown myself into the whole thing , body and soul . |
| 13 | Two explosions in quick succession made me throw myself to the ground . |
| 14 | Finally I decided to decline politely and throw myself on the mercy of an acquaintance instead . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ With one bound I would throw myself on the large white bearskin , which I adored , and cover its great head with kisses . ’ |
| 16 | I said miserably , throwing myself on the cab-driver 's mercy : |
| 17 | Splashing through the dark flood , I was again throwing myself at the door when a key turned in its great lock and it opened . |
| 18 | Wilkinson said : ‘ I wo n't be throwing myself in the canal over the collapsed deal . |
| 19 | ‘ Yeah ; soon as it 's finished , I 'm going to throw myself off the Channel Tunnel . ’ |
| 20 | Looking back I realise that , if there ever was a moment when I might have quit , admitted defeat and abandoned the Cathedral to throw myself on the mercy of school , home or child guidance clinic , this was that moment . |