Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pn reflx] at [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd thrown herself at him , of course . |
| 2 | She 'd thrown herself at him , and then when she 'd panicked he 'd dropped her like a hot potato … what a fool she 'd been ! |
| 3 | If David Kent was serious about Moira Charles — and Penny Rogers was n't the only one to have seen them together — then I 'm not going to throw myself at him . |
| 4 | She had stalked him with infinite care , she had attacked him frontally , she had thrown herself at him and teased him , and had finally reached the point of consummation where he was coming to dinner , in an empty house , wanting her . |
| 5 | They tend to throw themselves at me . ’ |
| 6 | I hardly know him , yet I wanted to fling myself at him , I wanted him to kiss me , make love to me . |
| 7 | He was Dr Neil , and she wanted to throw herself at him , and would have done so three months ago , but he , and Vetch Street , and Effie and Rose , and everything , had changed her . |