Example sentences of "throw themselves on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shots slammed into the walls inside the courtyard where the civilians cried and threw themselves on the ground . |
| 2 | Still others throw themselves on the mercy of God without being able to name the name of Christ because they have never been told about him . |
| 3 | Children may headbang , throw themselves on the floor , kick furniture , scream , and cry but as long as they are safe and are not escalating into aggressive or destructive behaviour they should be quietly ignored . |
| 4 | When their big friends get stuck into close combat the Snotlings throw themselves on the enemy , screaming and yelling crazily , waving their wooden clubs and biting the foes with their sharp teeth . |
| 5 | But I take the humanitarian line that this permits Mr Tim to engage in full imaginative sympathy with those tongues of Babel who throw themselves on his mercy . |