Example sentences of "throw herself into " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any whiff of scandal had evaporated , and she now threw herself into a hectic work schedule . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Yeats watched , with an appalled fascination , as she threw herself into ‘ a joyous and self-forgetting condition of political hate ’ . |
| 4 | Jumping off , Perdita threw herself into Dancer 's arms , hugged the twins , and then turned more shyly to Ricky . |
| 5 | She took the phone off the hook , and threw herself into her hurt . |
| 6 | She threw herself into his arms , sighing deeply when he half-heartedly returned her embrace . |
| 7 | Helplessly , Harry stood silent as Cora-Beth threw herself into her father 's arms . |
| 8 | In the shop , in the dimness , she threw herself into Nick 's arms and kissed him . |
| 9 | Then she burst into tears and threw herself into my arms . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | She threw herself into the literary and social life of Cambridge . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Claudia threw herself into the rehearsal for the show , trying to conquer her nerves by sheer will-power . |
| 14 | She threw herself into his arms at every opportunity , and like a gentleman he kissed her back . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | Needing no further urging , she threw herself into his arms and he carried her upstairs . |
| 18 | With a sigh , rather than a cry , she threw herself into the water and felt peace . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | She took the report , went out into the department and threw herself into her work with tight-lipped determination . |
| 21 | The new mother will often throw herself into motherhood so fully that she forgets to give time to the marital relationship , which can suffer considerable damage as a result . |
| 22 | She would look all right and would throw herself into the dancing with undisciplined enthusiasm . |
| 23 | Even now as she looked into those harsh , compelling features , she knew only a terrible longing to simply throw herself into his arms , to find the sanctuary and warmth only he could give her . |
| 24 | She begins to scream and , running to the edge of the battlements , throws herself into the precipice . |
| 25 | Kate throws herself into her delusion that her son will come back ; Joe heartily espouses being realistic and burying the dead . |
| 26 | Amy had thrown herself into the social round , while Catherine had begun a career in journalism . |
| 27 | Before her father answered she had thrown herself into her mother 's arms . |
| 28 | She had thrown herself into his arms and hugged him as if she were still a schoolgirl . |
| 29 | Butler had also thrown herself into similar work in Liverpool in the 1860s , setting up an industrial home for working-class girls . |
| 30 | Yet Gemma had shown no more than a polite interest in Almsmead while Linnet , who was very dear but not Gemma , after all , had positively thrown herself into all the excitements of housebuilding and furnishing , taking to Far Flatley as if she had been born there . |