Example sentences of "gave in [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She cradled Ari 's head in her lap as the girl gave in to the overwhelming sensations crashing through her nervous system . |
| 2 | If this sort of thing can happen to him , especially a year after Mr Dalglish gave in to the pressure , then everyone is vulnerable . |
| 3 | After about a year I gave in to the pull and discovered that fatherhood has made me a much more serious person . |
| 4 | Doctors treating him at St James 's Hospital , Leeds , gave in to the eight-year-old 's pleas to be allowed home for Christmas . |
| 5 | The inquiry came after Scotland 's top law officer , Lord Rodger , gave in to the demands of MPs . |
| 6 | It gave in to the weariness . |
| 7 | Implexion eventually gave in to the Grand Masters ' begging and pleading and , for a fee , agreed to present Valiance 's case to the Chamber of Ten . |
| 8 | She nearly gave in to the temptation to open it straight away , but the kettle was almost boiling and so she pushed the cards and letters to one side while she spooned coffee and sugar into a mug . |
| 9 | Collecting up her leaflets , she made her way up to bed , and gave in to the little grin that had been trying to break out a few minutes before . |
| 10 | One was that some members of the public were unaware that they need not pay and gave in to the pressure of successive threatening letters . |
| 11 | He gave in to the pressure on Oct. 14 when he announced his resignation from the Diet , a move which sparked a fierce struggle for the leadership of the 110-member Takeshita faction . |
| 12 | Overnight , as passengers slept soundly in their cabins after a long day ashore , or the more hardy danced and gave in to the temptations of the midnight buffet , the Ocean Empress had weighed anchor and begun to move south again , until , shortly after dawn , the silence of the engines pronounced her arrival in Tenerife off the west coast of Africa . |
| 13 | ‘ Fernando ! ’ she protested , but still gave in to the rapture of his embrace and his warm lips on hers . |