Example sentences of "throw herself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After she 'd completed her delivery round of the dressing rooms , Lucy came back into the department , took off her coat and threw it in the corner , and then threw herself onto one of the available chairs with an equal lack of ceremony . |
| 2 | Jessica threw herself onto the floor on top of him , and put her tongue into his open mouth and kissed him till he smothered , rubbing her wet vagina hard onto his knee and thigh . |
| 3 | Any whiff of scandal had evaporated , and she now threw herself into a hectic work schedule . |
| 4 | Filled with a restless , fevered energy that set every nerve twangling and pumped her blood full of adrenalin , Evelyn threw herself into her work as if the sheer force of her will could drive the hands of the clock round more swiftly . |
| 5 | Yeats watched , with an appalled fascination , as she threw herself into ‘ a joyous and self-forgetting condition of political hate ’ . |
| 6 | Jumping off , Perdita threw herself into Dancer 's arms , hugged the twins , and then turned more shyly to Ricky . |
| 7 | She took the phone off the hook , and threw herself into her hurt . |
| 8 | She threw herself into his arms , sighing deeply when he half-heartedly returned her embrace . |
| 9 | Helplessly , Harry stood silent as Cora-Beth threw herself into her father 's arms . |
| 10 | In the shop , in the dimness , she threw herself into Nick 's arms and kissed him . |
| 11 | Then she burst into tears and threw herself into my arms . |
| 12 | After giving up her interior decoration business two years ago , Sally threw herself into the couple 's current venture , Harry Hares , a brasserie in Cirencester specialising in English food . |
| 13 | She threw herself into the literary and social life of Cambridge . |
| 14 | Yes , she had all the chances , but she did n't even take a degree — threw herself into left-wing politics , and then got married . |
| 15 | Claudia threw herself into the rehearsal for the show , trying to conquer her nerves by sheer will-power . |
| 16 | She threw herself into his arms at every opportunity , and like a gentleman he kissed her back . |
| 17 | Now Robyn threw herself into her work , staying up late into the night , as she had done in the early days of setting up her business , working with feverish persistence to complete a design . |
| 18 | ‘ What happened next I do not know , ’ said the servant , ‘ but a year later she came to our house here and threw herself into the mistress 's arms and begged her to take her in . |
| 19 | Needing no further urging , she threw herself into his arms and he carried her upstairs . |
| 20 | With a sigh , rather than a cry , she threw herself into the water and felt peace . |
| 21 | She threw herself into her work harder than ever , doing anything that was asked of her , from pinning hems to sweeping the design-room floor to helping the showroom models with their make-up , and all the while she counted the days until she could leave this city and go back to New York , where she belonged . |
| 22 | She took the report , went out into the department and threw herself into her work with tight-lipped determination . |
| 23 | Count Leo Tolstoy , whose tragic heroine Anna Karenina threw herself under a train , himself died in 1910 at the remote Russian country station of Astapovo . |
| 24 | The late Jimmy Irvine , one of the drivers , said , ‘ Och , ye 've seen that lassie that threw herself under a train at Pinmore in 1939 . ’ |
| 25 | Teabags commemorate Barbara Castle 's nomination as a political candidate ; waxed and singed bras are transformed into a delicate wreath of roses for the suffragette Emily Wilding Davidson , ( the one who threw herself under the king 's horse ) . |
| 26 | Emily Davison died when she threw herself under the King 's horse during the 1913 Derby . |
| 27 | Gabriel threw herself towards him . |
| 28 | Ace threw herself across the cabin . |
| 29 | At about two o'clock there was an explosion so close that Anne threw herself across her mother to protect her . |
| 30 | She danced on , oblivious , then he must have said something , and she danced seductively , fluidly , to the edge of the roof , hips moving slow , a big smile on her face as she looked down at Lewis , then she threw herself off the roof . |