Example sentences of "she [verb] [pn reflx] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jamie 's prophetic words floated back to her and she flung herself on to the bed , staring at nothing , her body rigid with the tension of a woman in the grip of violent , unsated desire . |
| 2 | Sobbing for breath , she lowered herself on to the ladder . |
| 3 | She got herself back to the lodging somehow . |
| 4 | Then she threw herself on to the bed and stuck the pillow over her head , biting her teeth together , absolutely determined not to cry . |
| 5 | But the corridor remained silent , and with a sob of despair she threw herself on to the bed and cried till her store of tears was used up . |
| 6 | And finally as she hauled herself on to the ice-slick rock where the sun pulsed fire into her eyes , she saw |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She pulled herself back to the point , assuming once more an expression of sobriety . |
| 9 | She took herself off to the library , read all she could , and ordered a set of language tapes . |
| 10 | She took herself off to the bathroom , carefully locking both doors before shedding her clothes . |
| 11 | She took herself off to the kitchen , saw with some incredulity from the kitchen clock that it was four o'clock — and shut herself in . |
| 12 | She gave herself up to the water almost gratefully . |
| 13 | Her eyes drifted shut and she gave herself up to the kiss 's magic , her own lips even more gentle and tentative than his . |
| 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 | Before she could answer he pulled her close again and any thoughts of answering fled as she gave herself up to the excitement . |
| 16 | A sigh escaped her , and as she gave herself up to the pleasure of his embrace her arm rose to entwine about his neck . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Her eyes closed as her lips parted , then she gave herself up to the joy of feeling his heart begin to thud . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Exhausted , she gave herself up to the motion . |
| 22 | She was n't good at being silly , but she gave herself over to the moment . |