Example sentences of "throw himself in " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( He subsequently went mad and threw himself in front of a car . ) |
| 2 | Driven to the edge of despair and traumatised by the prospect of a court-case that deeply injured his pride , he threw himself in front of an express train bound for Edinburgh . |
| 3 | Although deaf and dumb and so unable to raise an alarm , he threw himself in front of an approaching train in a valiant effort to save a mother and child . |
| 4 | The anti-bloodsports campaigner threw himself in the Amazon 's path , brandishing his clipboard . |
| 5 | In the closing minutes of the half Collins threw himself in the way of yet another Coyle attempt after dropping Marty McCaffrey 's free kick to keep his goal intact at the interval . |
| 6 | He could not recall lurching like a drunk across the small room and throwing himself in a gibbering heap upon the bed . |
| 7 | 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 … |
| 8 | The Shah shared much of Behbehanians suspicion of the British , But now in Aswan , he did not seem to be greatly in favour of Behbehanians suggestion that he throw himself in their mercy . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 10 | But , as an exile friend says , threatening to throw himself in Chihana 's footsteps , ‘ It seems the only way the media will be interested is if something happens to someone else . ’ |
| 11 | So was examiner Silk going to throw himself in front of the roller for the statutory emergency stop ? |