Example sentences of "[noun] throw herself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bernice threw herself at another of the creatures . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | With another whoop of delight the child threw herself at Jake , flinging her arms around him as he bent down to scoop her up . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's out of the question , ’ he responded harshly , but Melanie threw herself against him . |
| 6 | Helplessly , Harry stood silent as Cora-Beth threw herself into her father 's arms . |
| 7 | Jumping off , Perdita threw herself into Dancer 's arms , hugged the twins , and then turned more shyly to Ricky . |
| 8 | Jezrael threw herself to her knees beside him , not daring to touch his rag-doll body . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ Would n't you be flattered if a beautiful woman threw herself at you ? ’ |
| 12 | Gabriel threw herself towards him . |
| 13 | Ace threw herself at the speeder controls , stamping on the throttle override while wrenching the steering column forward . |
| 14 | Ace threw herself across the cabin . |
| 15 | Claudia threw herself into the rehearsal for the show , trying to conquer her nerves by sheer will-power . |
| 16 | The urge to throw herself on the tormentingly broad shoulder was too humiliating , and instead she stiffened with fresh anger and resentment towards him . |
| 17 | There was fighting in the gangways and a young girl beat the bouncers to throw herself at his feet . |
| 18 | Leila threw herself on Quincx , gabbling about what happened . |
| 19 | At about two o'clock there was an explosion so close that Anne threw herself across her mother to protect her . |
| 20 | When he stopped the car on the way home Sally threw herself at him . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Kate throws herself into her delusion that her son will come back ; Joe heartily espouses being realistic and burying the dead . |
| 23 | With a wail Jenny threw herself on the bed and buried her face in her pillow . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | You want to throw it away on the first blonde blue-eyed gold-digger to throw herself across your path . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | He raised the chopper again , but his mother threw herself upon their tormentor screaming for help . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |