Example sentences of "throw herself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She threw herself off the bed and hauled the first outfit that came to hand from the wardrobe . |
| 32 | Leila threw herself on Quincx , gabbling about what happened . |
| 33 | As she was about to say , ‘ I 'll tell the mistress you 've come , ’ there was a scampering of feet on the stairs , and Annabel almost threw herself on Millie , crying , ‘ Oh ! how lovely ! |
| 34 | She raced upstairs to her apartment and threw herself on the bedcover , a Welsh patchwork quilt in a soft pattern of cream and pink . |
| 35 | She went into another room and threw herself on a bed . |
| 36 | She began to yell furiously , then threw herself on the ground , red-faced with rage , stamping her feet and screwing up her eyes . |
| 37 | With a wail Jenny threw herself on the bed and buried her face in her pillow . |
| 38 | Then she went through and threw herself on the comfortable cool silk bedcover , and lay in luxury , gazing up at the gently rotating white fan . |
| 39 | Sister Bell threw herself over the body of the child , the repetitive tap of the bullets told us were we being especially dive-bombed , and shot up . |
| 40 | With a shriek of delight she threw herself at Maggie , enveloping her in the warmest of embraces . |
| 41 | When he stopped the car on the way home Sally threw herself at him . |
| 42 | Ace threw herself at the speeder controls , stamping on the throttle override while wrenching the steering column forward . |
| 43 | ‘ She probably threw herself at him . |
| 44 | An oriental girl dressed as a matador wrenched off her domino and threw herself at me . |
| 45 | And so she threw herself at him , leaping for his throat , a tall , strong , totally desperate girl with nothing whatsoever to lose , who would have been hard for any man to handle , even a man as powerful and totally unchivalrous as Christie Goldsborough , had he not been ready for her . |
| 46 | She charged into the room and threw herself at him , punching him hard with her small , clenched fists . |
| 47 | ‘ Would n't you be flattered if a beautiful woman threw herself at you ? ’ |
| 48 | Bernice threw herself at another of the creatures . |
| 49 | As the implications of the purposes of this scarecrow figure dawned on her , his sister screamed out that he was crazy , and perhaps even threw herself at him to prevent his plan . |
| 50 | With another whoop of delight the child threw herself at Jake , flinging her arms around him as he bent down to scoop her up . |
| 51 | Jezrael threw herself to her knees beside him , not daring to touch his rag-doll body . |
| 52 | Returning to the main cavern at a dead run , Ace threw herself to the side as a cluster of boxes not far off exploded with a sharp blast , hurling several of the defenders into he oily waters . |
| 53 | Julie screamed again and threw herself to one side , hissing in pain as a silver of broken glass sliced through the flesh on the back of her left hand . |
| 54 | Valerie Place , 23 , of the Irish charity Concern , threw herself to the car floor when gunmen opened fire on the convoy near Afgoi , 20 miles west of the capital Mogadishu . |
| 55 | Concern 's chief executive , Aengus Finucane , in Somalia on a visit , said : ‘ Wendy Murphy , a nurse who was with Valerie , said Valerie threw herself to the floor of the car when the shooting started . |
| 56 | On one occasion she threw herself against a glass display cabinet at Kensington Palace while on another she slashed at her wrists with a razor blade . |
| 57 | ‘ It 's out of the question , ’ he responded harshly , but Melanie threw herself against him . |
| 58 | With all her strength , she forced herself to stand and threw herself around the corner . |
| 59 | Stray shots buzzing all around , Ace threw herself behind a large fallen stalactite a few yards from the sandbags , just as her ammunition ran out . |
| 60 | Summoning every scrap of courage , Mildred suddenly barged through the rows of pupils and threw herself in front of Mr Hellibore . |