Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] at him " in BNC.
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| 1 | The three ravening bolts of fury launching themselves at him now , presented an entirely more complex problem . |
| 2 | When he stopped the car on the way home Sally threw herself at him . |
| 3 | ‘ She probably threw herself at him . |
| 4 | And so she threw herself at him , leaping for his throat , a tall , strong , totally desperate girl with nothing whatsoever to lose , who would have been hard for any man to handle , even a man as powerful and totally unchivalrous as Christie Goldsborough , had he not been ready for her . |
| 5 | She charged into the room and threw herself at him , punching him hard with her small , clenched fists . |
| 6 | As the implications of the purposes of this scarecrow figure dawned on her , his sister screamed out that he was crazy , and perhaps even threw herself at him to prevent his plan . |
| 7 | Had n't he already said that he disliked women who threw themselves at him ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Jake jumped out and strode round to the passenger door , but before he could open it Kirsty appeared , flinging herself at him and squealing , ‘ Uncle Jake ! |
| 10 | She had quite literally thrown herself at him , she had bitten him in the neck so hard that he had bled , she had scratched his face and torn his clothes . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She 'd thrown herself at him , of course . |
| 13 | 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 ! |
| 14 | The circle of grimacing faces thrust themselves at him , guns and fists roughly bruising him as the calls for something English were repeated . |
| 15 | I hardly know him , yet I wanted to fling myself at him , I wanted him to kiss me , make love to me . |
| 16 | I was surprised because she 'd been throwing herself at him all day and not getting anywhere much . ’ |
| 17 | This girl was plainly throwing herself at him , and he knew that if he took advantage of something so easy , he would really feel shabby . |
| 18 | By holding back , pretending concern , he 'd made her practically throw herself at him . |
| 19 | Bernice launched herself at him , using all of her weight to throw him off her . |
| 20 | Her smile slowly broadened , then , without warning , she launched herself at him , knocking him on to his back , her kisses overwhelming him . |
| 21 | Claudia stared at him blankly , unable to take it in for several minutes , and when she did she cried out and launched herself at him , her hands raised . |
| 22 | Dropping her clothes , she launched herself at him , battering away at his chest with clenched fists . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Thereafter she welcomed Paul 's embraces , thrusting herself at him in the way she had ended by doing on their first night . |
| 25 | It came without pause , as the two remaining dogs recovered swiftly from their missed strike and hurled themselves at him again . |
| 26 | 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 . |