Sentence examples for threw himself as from inspiring English sources

Garry Kasparov threw himself, as organizer as well as player, into his latest brainchild, the Kasparov Internet Grand Prix, and everything went wrong.

This spectacular change has baffled historians, and several explanations have been attempted: that Thomas was intoxicated by his ambition to dominate or that he threw himself, as before, into a part he had agreed to play.

Iñigo Martínez had been caught napping, not reacting at all as Vardy threw himself at the ball, and that moment felt like a reflection of the game as a whole to that point.

But it was when Scholes took on Rafael's own short pass on 79 minutes that he revealed how it was done, the power of the shot sending it in under Kenny's hand as he threw himself at it.

King almost grabbed a second as he threw himself at full-back Chris Gunter's pacy low cross but saw the ball just nipped off his toe.

However when he fails, Khaldun throws himself as Abu detonates the bomb, in order to avoid further casualties.

He plays to his physical limits, exhausting himself as he throws himself at every ball.

He threw himself into reconciliation as well as reconstruction, the ultimate test of his skills as chairman, leader, diplomat, negotiator and raconteur in several languages.

He therefore threw himself into learning as much as possible about the trade, working for other people, driving a tractor, spraying the vines and cleaning the tanks.

In those early years, Wayne threw himself into learning as much as he could about the technical ins and outs of the magic that is movie-making — and few would learn the job better than he.

He threw himself flat as the military opened fire.