Example sentences of "[noun sg] gave [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result , three prominent members of the Medellín drug cartel gave themselves up [ see pp. 37914 ; 37957 ] . |
| 2 | BORIS BECKER last night gave himself the perfect 25th birthday present , demolishing Jim Courier to become ATP world champion and end a disappointing year in triumph . |
| 3 | While the empire was being gradually reduced to a fraction of its former size , the court gave itself over to pleasure and sensuality . |
| 4 | Mr Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski , the previous state secretary for foreign trade gave himself up early yesterday to the police in West Berlin , where he is now under arrest . |
| 5 | Mr Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski , the previous state secretary for foreign trade gave himself up early yesterday to the police in West Berlin , where he is now under arrest . |
| 6 | AN ARMED miner gave himself up to police yesterday after a nine-hour underground protest over planned pit closures . |
| 7 | A four-hour siege has ended peacefully after an armed man gave himself up to police . |
| 8 | Finally , on 15th June 1094 , the city gave itself up totally to Rodrigo after a siege that had lasted nineteen months . |
| 9 | 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 . |