Example sentences of "to throw [pn reflx] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The goalkeeper was also required to throw himself acrobatically to his left-hand post when a header from Ferguson off a Robertson freekick once again underlined his threat . |
| 2 | So he does sometimes find it hard to throw himself out of bed ? |
| 3 | The unfortunate man had suffered such violent panic attacks that he tried to throw himself out of the window . |
| 4 | In 1945 Ramsey became its Secretary and because of her past experiences was able to throw herself wholeheartedly into the work . |
| 5 | A silence fell on the room , and its increasing heaviness made her heave herself up from the couch and take the three steps to throw herself on to the seat beside him ; and to put an arm around his shoulder and say , ‘ Come on , lad , come on . |
| 6 | This did not mean she was prepared to throw herself headlong into a relationship with the first half-decent male who happened by . |
| 7 | When Vera Czermak found that her husband had been unfaithful , her first thought was to throw herself out of the window of their third-floor flat in Prague and put an end to her misery . |
| 8 | ‘ I need help , sir , ’ the old man said , ‘ and I have no alternative but to throw myself quite on your mercy . ’ |
| 9 | Some needed only to know that we existed — that was enough for them to throw themselves wholeheartedly into the gay life . |
| 10 | If they are to throw themselves fully into battle by land and sea , they can not wait for ever . |