Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] [pn reflx] [adv prt] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her hands stole up his chest , then to his shoulders , and finally she clasped them behind his neck and gave herself up to the pleasure of the kiss . |
| 2 | I left my office chair to pine for my speedy return and took myself over to the window . |
| 3 | She entered the kitchen and took herself over to the knife rack above the Aga . |
| 4 | After further disagreements with Hoveyda , Zahedi left the Foreign Ministry and took himself off to his fathers house in Switzerland . |
| 5 | Longing now to jump back on board , Mungo watched as the mighty engine woke from its doze and heaved itself back to wakefulness with huge , slow piston strokes . |
| 6 | She was like an experienced woman , the way she moved her body and opened herself up to him . |
| 7 | Larry gave up and left the room and threw himself on to an armchair in the living-room . |
| 8 | Alexandra dug her toes into fissures in the canyon wall and pulled herself on to the platform which was dry and flat and sloped slightly towards the sea . |
| 9 | Now though she stifled that feeling and gave herself up to the joy of being in his arms and hearing how long and how deeply he had loved her . |
| 10 | Having assured himself that he was all alone , he climbed from his bed , entered his dressing-gown and took himself down to the kitchen for the first breakfast of the day . |
| 11 | Hardly was he around the corner than the man in the parked car climbed out , crossed the road and let himself in to the apartment-block . |
| 12 | I told my boyfriend who was horrorstruck and took myself off to a lesbian students ' conference . |
| 13 | But the brother of chat-show host Jonathan Ross lived up to his crime-busting image and immediately pulled over to lend a hand and give himself up to police . |
| 14 | His foot slipped and he grasped at a piece of jutting tile and dragged himself back to safety . |
| 15 | At other times he craved solitude and took himself off to Balmoral to fish , paint and stalk deer . |
| 16 | Léonie tied on an apron and hoisted herself on to a kitchen chair . |