Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] given way to " in BNC.
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| 1 | And now I 've given way to my emotions when I swore to my father I never would . |
| 2 | Both involve the identification of a previously existing , now largely defunct , set of moral imperatives which have given way to a new order in which control , particularly of sexual conduct , has diminished . |
| 3 | She remembered how helplessly she 'd given way to Jake 's madness on Starr Hills . |
| 4 | But surely not as furious as he would have been afterwards , if they 'd given way to the temptations of their flesh ? |
| 5 | The ability to produce in greater quantities made this system wasteful and it has given way to a more scientific process . |
| 6 | Sir Gregory had no intention of admitting that he had given way to his wife 's insistence that Jennifer must go , so he refrained from giving Harry any sort of answer . |