Notably, the Terminator never lays a finger on Sarah Connor in the first Terminator movie, because Cameron knew that if the perfect killing machine got its hands on its target, it would just kill her immediately and that would be the end of the movie.
Two people are fighting and one gets control of the other. He then throws the person across the room instead of killing him.
Walks away as if that’s that… gets back-attacked by the other guy.
The Protagonist Throw!
Notably, the Terminator never lays a finger on Sarah Connor in the first Terminator movie, because Cameron knew that if the perfect killing machine got its hands on its target, it would just kill her immediately and that would be the end of the movie.
He did throw Sarah’s roommate’s boyfriend quite a few times during their fight, though.