Example sentences of "gave [pn reflx] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | AN America banker , accused of embezzling $13m and sparking a financial crisis in the state of Rhode Island , yesterday gave himself up to the authorities . |
| 2 | Connolly gave himself up to the police and was charged with damage to the cell amounting to ten shillings . |
| 3 | Following the United States invasion of Panama on Dec. 20 to remove Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega from power [ see pp. 37112-13 ] , Noriega on Jan. 3 voluntarily left the papal nunciature , where he had sought refuge , and gave himself up to the US authorities after being persuaded by the papal nuncio , Mgr José Sebastián Laboa , that asylum in a third country was not a viable option . |
| 4 | On Oct. 6 Klaus Kuron , 54 , who had worked since 1962 for the Office for the Protection of the Constitution ( Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz — BfV ) , gave himself up to the authorities and was formally arrested shortly afterwards . |
| 5 | Paula was just 16 , when her boyfriend , whose name was not given , went to his probation officer then gave himself up to the police . |
| 6 | Piggott , 57 , gave himself much of the credit for the victory , cheekily telling trainer Richard Hannon : ‘ I rode a brilliant race , did n't I. ’ |
| 7 | The feel of him inside her spread warmth through every part of her until her body relaxed completely and gave itself up to the purest pleasure . |
| 8 | For one day , it seems the country gave itself over to the pursuit of all things musical , in a wholehearted and thoroughly charitably-minded fashion . |
| 9 | She gave herself up to the water almost gratefully . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | She loved listening to the well-known tunes , and gave herself up to the beauty of the music . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 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 | Then , as he stirred , her body came alive and at last , matching the rhythm of his , she once more gave herself up to the unashamed pleasure of loving and being loved by him . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Exhausted , she gave herself up to the motion . |
| 24 | Having , however , decided upon that course , Fabia felt yet more light-headed , and gave herself up to the pleasure of her walk with Ven . |
| 25 | She was n't good at being silly , but she gave herself over to the moment . |
| 26 | His mouth came gently to her neck and she gave herself again to the lion . |
| 27 | Then the two ladies gave themselves up to the Favaid-i-Osmaniyeh , a Turkish company running steamers to Trebizond . |
| 28 | Both gave themselves up to the glory of their passion , until , in a mind-spinning , flooding moment , they became as one . |