Example sentences of "throw themselves [prep] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They came with their ideals , found idyllic peace in the countryside , where a man could hardly fail to notice God in the quietness ; said their prayers in one of the fairest little parish churches in all the land ; reacted against , and then threw themselves into the orderliness of quasi-monastic life ; and studied what they wanted , and thought about truth . |
| 2 | Nobody throws themselves through the air without my permission , ’ muttered the Headmaster turning to Endill . |
| 3 | It made sense to assume that Yuan and Zukov would throw themselves to the right of the line of fire , but he did not wait for them to act . |
| 4 | By the end of the tour kids were throwing themselves at the stage like little ‘ kamikazis ’ . |
| 5 | Outside they could hear the rest of the pack throwing themselves against the timber of the gate and the outer wall . |
| 6 | Rather than remain uninvolved in village activities and risking the accusation of being ‘ stand-offish ’ , many of them enthusiastically throw themselves into the life of the community , provoking the opposite complaint from the local population of ‘ wanting to take the place over ’ . |
| 7 | As the armies clash the Flagellants throw themselves into the fray in a gesture of sacrifice and doom . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I was surprised at the violence of his remorse — after all , he had only hit me — and I remember thinking , quite irrelevantly , how much more true to life the old dramatists were than modern ones , making their characters utter loud cries and throw themselves about the stage in moments of anguish , rather than deliver their parts poker-faced , through stiff lips . |