Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pn reflx] at [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bernice launched herself at him , using all of her weight to throw him off her . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Adam flung himself at her , furiously snatching it . |
| 4 | Suddenly a dog flung itself at me snarling and growling and they all stopped what they were doing to look in my direction . |
| 5 | As Rune laughed at her discomfort she was filled with a sudden urge to fling herself at him : wipe the laughter from his face , annihilate the sudden disarming dimples which had appeared beneath his lean cheeks , seal his mouth so that the corners could n't turn so distractingly upwards at her expense . |
| 6 | ‘ Would n't you be flattered if a beautiful woman threw herself at you ? ’ |
| 7 | It seemed to take a long time to reach the end of the wall and I was about to turn right towards the door of the farm kitchen when from my left I heard the sudden rattle of a chain then a roaring creature launched itself at me , bayed once , mightily , into my face and was gone . |
| 8 | The three ravening bolts of fury launching themselves at him now , presented an entirely more complex problem . |
| 9 | When he stopped the car on the way home Sally threw herself at him . |
| 10 | Nor do I feel like setting myself up as an Aunt Sally just waiting for all those girls to throw themselves at me in the attempt to knock me off my perch ! ’ |
| 11 | And then we get through customs , and the two of us are having a laugh because we 're safely back , and suddenly this drunk in a chauffeur 's cap throws himself at us and nearly puts out my eye with a cardboard sign and treads on my foot into the bargain . |
| 12 | The circle of grimacing faces thrust themselves at him , guns and fists roughly bruising him as the calls for something English were repeated . |