Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] up to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She pulled herself up to the level of the bonnet by hanging on to the wing mirror then snatched at a scrap of folded paper . |
| 2 | Here Cornelius fed the motor car with the best petrol that money could buy and then took himself up to the restaurant to join Tuppe . |
| 3 | Before she could answer he pulled her close again and any thoughts of answering fled as she gave herself up to the excitement . |
| 4 | She gave herself up to the water almost gratefully . |
| 5 | Shutting her eyes to the inevitability of what lay ahead , she gave herself up to the ride as he took her higher and higher into the peaks , following a winding route off the main road that was little used . |
| 6 | Her eyes drifted shut and she gave herself up to the kiss 's magic , her own lips even more gentle and tentative than his . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Her eyes closed as her lips parted , then she gave herself up to the joy of feeling his heart begin to thud . |
| 9 | Mrs Gray was more relaxed now than when she had received Theodora a couple of hours ago and Theodora gave herself up to the pleasure of walking through the church yard to the church door . |
| 10 | A sigh escaped her , and as she gave herself up to the pleasure of his embrace her arm rose to entwine about his neck . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Having , however , decided upon that course , Fabia felt yet more light-headed , and gave herself up to the pleasure of her walk with Ven . |
| 13 | Exhausted , she gave herself up to the motion . |
| 14 | His lips seemed to draw out from her all that was sweet , all that was female , and she gave herself up to the moment with an abandon that shocked her . |
| 15 | She loved listening to the well-known tunes , and gave herself up to the beauty of the music . |
| 16 | Both gave themselves up to the glory of their passion , until , in a mind-spinning , flooding moment , they became as one . |