Example sentences of "she [verb] herself up [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She levered herself up on an elbow , gazing down at his handsome , tanned face . |
| 2 | ‘ We 're going to have to do something — because I simply ca n't tell you two imps of mischief apart , ’ Laura muttered , groaning as she levered herself up against the pillows . |
| 3 | With a final searching look at the haunted image in the mirror she drew herself up with a deep breath and walked down the narrow passage to meet him . |
| 4 | ‘ Not my sister , ’ she drew herself up in the chair . |
| 5 | I remember how her country beginnings showed themselves then : she made no fuss about seeming to be lost , nor did she work herself up into a state as the aunts would have done , just stood there patiently and quietly while I untangled her and found the way ; and did not even grumble , although after that I let her decide where we should go , which was usually across a field near the sewage plant , and along a road near the gasworks . |
| 6 | She pulled herself up onto an elbow to gaze at him . |
| 7 | She pulled herself up on the bed and , kneeling in such a way that George could see her breasts to their best advantage , took his phallus into her mouth . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She rolled herself up in a ball and covered her head . |
| 10 | As she heaved herself up against the pillows she discovered she was wearing a man 's shirt , extra-large and striped , and she 'd never seen that before , either . |
| 11 | He passed a mug to her and she propped herself up on the pillows to accept it . |
| 12 | It seems she dressed herself up in the most provocative way possible when she got into this state and behaved like a caricature of the rich foreigner . |
| 13 | As Travis set her down on her good leg inside the hut she gave herself up to a sense of fatalism . |
| 14 | She gave herself up to the water almost gratefully . |
| 15 | Her eyes drifted shut and she gave herself up to the kiss 's magic , her own lips even more gentle and tentative than his . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Before she could answer he pulled her close again and any thoughts of answering fled as she gave herself up to the excitement . |
| 18 | A sigh escaped her , and as she gave herself up to the pleasure of his embrace her arm rose to entwine about his neck . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Her eyes closed as her lips parted , then she gave herself up to the joy of feeling his heart begin to thud . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Exhausted , she gave herself up to the motion . |
| 24 | She pushed herself up into a sitting position . |