Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] give [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Her eyes drifted shut and she gave herself up to the kiss 's magic , her own lips even more gentle and tentative than his .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 Just as Christ also loved the church , and he gave himself up for it .
6 His parents were indignant when they discovered about it and he gave it up through respect for their views .
7 But I give it back to er cos I have two pleadings bundles .
8 I would have had another one on the third day as well , but I gave it up for the opportunity to go rabbiting with the lad who worked for Brian .
9 But she gave herself up to police and told them her real motive was to win attention for emotional problems .
10 She was n't good at being silly , but she gave herself over to the moment .
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