Example sentences of "and she [verb] [pn reflx] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mother of God in heaven , ’ Caterina muttered , ‘ I give up , ’ and she swung herself crossly onto the floor . |
| 2 | Ruth saw thrown spears hang in the air as if floating in water , and she thrust herself down into the grass , her face in her hands so as not to see any more . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Her eyes drifted shut and she gave herself up to the kiss 's magic , her own lips even more gentle and tentative than his . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | His mouth came gently to her neck and she gave herself again to the lion . |
| 8 | She could feel the great flight of the dragon and sensed that she was high in air and travelling fast towards the sunset ; she could feel the great muscles of the dragon 's wings send ripplings down the stomach walls and she gave herself over to death . |
| 9 | But her eye caught her bedside alarm clock and she pulled herself properly into wakefulness . |
| 10 | The single door beside her slid open , and she pushed herself out of the carriage . |
| 11 | He passed a mug to her and she propped herself up on the pillows to accept it . |
| 12 | Ryan 's eyes seemed to bulge even as she watched , and she threw herself frantically towards them . |
| 13 | But seen face to face , even in the informality of her own house , the absence of a spark of sexuality and , he sensed , a deep-seated reserve , made her seem less feminine and more formidable than he had expected , and she held herself stiffly as if repelling invaders of her personal space . |
| 14 | Something about Felipe de Santis made her slightly anxious and she held herself tightly in control . |