Example sentences of "hurled [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was very bad at gym , and really hated ‘ apparatus ’ , where we hurled ourselves over boxes and horses , or hung upside down on parallel bars . |
| 2 | Another stun grenade was thrown in and a third soldier hurled himself through the window after it , before it had exploded . |
| 3 | C'zinsit hurled himself into the saddle and charged away . |
| 4 | Barging through the gap , he hurled himself on Ethel in a frenzy of tightly curled tail-wagging . |
| 5 | An enormous boxer hurled himself on me in delight , clawing at my chest with the biggest , horniest feet I had seen for a long time . |
| 6 | He hurled himself at the boy . |
| 7 | Mr Ali hurled himself at Conroy as he fired , hitting the shopkeeper and Navid , who had been watching TV . |
| 8 | The control room door slammed shut behind Atrimonides as he ran on to the gallery and hurled himself at Christine . |
| 9 | ‘ Could n't you see the dog did n't have friendship in mind when he hurled himself at you ? ’ |
| 10 | Shopkeeper Nasser Ali , 25 , hurled himself at Conroy , who emptied his magazine of all six shots . |
| 11 | He plucked out his dagger and hurled himself with all the weight and skill he had upon his enemy . |
| 12 | Then he hurled himself against the rigid flap of wall , pushing it , bending it back into the hole , stamping on it as he forced his way into the darkness beyond . |
| 13 | The snow was falling thickly and poured past the window in blizzard proportions as the plane hurled itself into the Arctic night . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's all right , I 'm only wearing old clothes , ’ said Melissa reassuringly as the dog hurled itself at her legs . |
| 15 | I had hardly stepped into the tiny living room when a hairy form hurled itself upon me . |
| 16 | The March gale hurled itself against Mr Whittaker 's windows . |
| 17 | That night a bird hurled itself against the window pane and woke them both up . |
| 18 | Folly hurled herself towards it , completely forgetting her intention to count to ten and act cool . |
| 19 | She leapt over the ditch opposite the Martins ' orchard wall and hurled herself into the undergrowth . |
| 20 | Barking ferociously , the big Great Dane rushed from the rear of the house , skidded around the corner and hurled herself at the gate with such force that it creaked under the impact . |
| 21 | The American star , who was later arrested for harassing an officer , hurled herself at the cops as she rushed to the aide of her pal . |
| 22 | Billie hurled herself at them , tried to push them away from Adam , but the storm-trooper with the bucket hit her across the head with it , sent her sprawling backwards across the room . |
| 23 | She dived into the house and hurled herself at her gran as she sat on the side of her bed , grumbling her feet and legs awake . |
| 24 | Standing on top of the wooden staircase she hurled herself to the ground , landing in a heap at the bottom . |
| 25 | In early January 1982 , her first New Year within the royal family , the pregnant Diana threatened to take her own life and then hurled herself down the stairs at Sandringham . |
| 26 | It was there where , in a fit of depression , she hurled herself down the stairs in a cry for help . |
| 27 | As Winston Churchill was to write : ‘ Honour must ever be done to the Tsar and Russian nation for the noble ardour and loyalty with which they hurled themselves into the war . ’ |
| 28 | Far out in the blue bay , a small figure was rowing a rubber dinghy , from which , at intervals , three other figures hurled themselves into the water . |
| 29 | The warriors hurled themselves at the heads or horns of their animals to make them lie down . |
| 30 | It came without pause , as the two remaining dogs recovered swiftly from their missed strike and hurled themselves at him again . |