Example sentences of "and throw himself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew he deserved nothing and so he decided to go home and throw himself on his father 's mercy . |
| 2 | He made a dash for the big front door and threw himself into the gloomy chill of the hall . |
| 3 | Edward was given the contract and threw himself into it with vigour , aided no doubt by his life-long abhorrence of the building which he was now about to replace . |
| 4 | As the god made no response Aenarion kept his promise and threw himself into the raging , white-hot inferno . |
| 5 | Charles reappeared , after half an hour 's absence , and threw himself into an armchair , where he lay back for some time with his eyes shut . |
| 6 | He rushed in and threw himself into a chair . |
| 7 | Rex thrust Laura into the back of the car and threw himself into the driver 's seat . |
| 8 | On one occasion when he had failed to produce an essay for the third week running , Betjeman wandered sheepishly into Lewis 's room and threw himself on his knees by the hearth . |
| 9 | He came and threw himself on our bed , shaking all over . |
| 10 | He broke free of the lieutenant and threw himself on top of me . |
| 11 | ( He subsequently went mad and threw himself in front of a car . ) |
| 12 | Satisfied that the room is empty , he enters quickly , closes the door behind him emphatically , and throws himself on the settee with a groan of weariness . |
| 13 | But Collins was soon back in the thick of the action , fisting clear a McCaffrey free kick and throwing himself across his line to make a fine two handed stop from a Kavanagh volley . |
| 14 | Once he had arrived at the Southern Capital , he had proclaimed his loyalty to the old gods loudly and publicly , disowning the Aten and throwing himself on the mercy of the priests of Amun , who even then were growing bold as the revolutionary pharaoh lost his grip both on reality and his empire . |
| 15 | Occasionally mainman Simon Breed will become so preoccupied with his crazed exhibition , he neglects the art of singing into the mic , grappling with his guitar as if it were a rabid pitbull while savagely screaming and throwing himself around the stage like an out-take from Nightmare On Elm Street . |
| 16 | He could not recall lurching like a drunk across the small room and throwing himself in a gibbering heap upon the bed . |
| 17 | In Yohei 's case , this collapses into a craven botch — hilariously acted by Ryo Amamiya — in which he more or less accidentally dispatches his wife but ca n't bring himself to take the plunge and throw himself into the river as promised . |
| 18 | As I 've told her , now that she 's left him and his personal life 's in such a mess , perhaps he 'll do what these managerial types usually do in such circumstances , and throw himself into his work . " |
| 19 | He would time it just right and throw himself in front of the branch line train , he knew the train did n't go very fast but it would do … |
| 20 | ‘ And have n't you heard the Scriptures saying that a man should tie a millstone round his neck and throw himself in the sea sooner than abuse a little child ? ’ |