Example sentences of "[pron] throw himself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Happily there presented itself such a person in Jeffrey ( now deservedly Lord ) Sterling , who threw himself into the task with total dedication . |
| 2 | Like Lucifer falling out of Heaven , he threw himself off the back of the pageant , not caring that the paving stones lay three leagues below . |
| 3 | He threw himself across the passenger seat , still holding the handset which was on the open line to his control at Selby and shouted ‘ ten nine , ten nine , ten nine ’ — the police equivalent of SOS requesting immediate help . |
| 4 | He threw himself into the exercises with a hind of despairing frenzy . |
| 5 | Immediately he threw himself into the organization of a monster Albert Hall rally to welcome the Revolution . |
| 6 | He threw himself into the making of ITV series Travelling Man and was rewarded with huge success in the ratings . |
| 7 | Nonetheless , he threw himself into the Union , making an ‘ absolute ’ fool of himself and becoming disillusioned . |
| 8 | Cressy had been moored at Tardebigge for four years while Rolt undertook various forms of engineering war-work , but when peace returned he threw himself into the task of preserving the canal system . |
| 9 | He threw himself into the cause with immense energy , addressing meetings all over the country , persuading , lobbying , begging for funds . |
| 10 | He tried for years without success until finally , in utter despair , he threw himself into the kiln . |
| 11 | He turned from Alina , trying to retch but with his clogged windpipe preventing even that ; he threw himself toward the doors , trying to get out into air , air that he could n't quite reach . |
| 12 | I 'll see you , phone you one day in the week , I saw the post lady coming up the drive and I said to Henry who 's that , he threw himself against the top window so there was indeed someone coming up the drive , tore into the dinning room , picked up his tennis ball , raced back to the window and wow , wow , wow , with his ball in his mouth , and I said Henry you 're really going to frightened off intruders with a ball in your mouth , I said . |
| 13 | Looking more like a bewildered Old English sheepdog than a thwarted child-molester , he throws himself around the place , lying on his back and waggling his feet in the air , as if by an excess of physical effort he could make up for the thinness of the script . |
| 14 | ‘ YO , this is Dalek exercises , mon ! ’ booms Derrick Evans , his skin-tight leotard stretching in impossible directions as he throws himself around the GMTV studio . |