Example sentences of "she give [pn reflx] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She gave herself up to the water almost gratefully . |
| 2 | Her eyes drifted shut and she gave herself up to the kiss 's magic , her own lips even more gentle and tentative than his . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Before she could answer he pulled her close again and any thoughts of answering fled as she gave herself up to the excitement . |
| 5 | A sigh escaped her , and as she gave herself up to the pleasure of his embrace her arm rose to entwine about his neck . |
| 6 | And although Lucy made a valiant effort to control her quickening breath , the mad thumping of her heart and the heated excitement rising within her , it was a losing battle — and at last she gave herself up to the rapturous bliss of the moment . |
| 7 | Her eyes closed as her lips parted , then she gave herself up to the joy of feeling his heart begin to thud . |
| 8 | There was a long moment when she strove to clutch on to her dwindling resistance , then something seemed to make it snap , and she gave herself up to the delicious agony of his touch , helpless in his smouldering embrace . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Exhausted , she gave herself up to the motion . |
| 11 | She was n't good at being silly , but she gave herself over to the moment . |
| 12 | I did n't want her to give herself over to the view of life that underlay all this , the philosophy that pinned her to the shadow-corners of the world . |