Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] gave herself " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She dropped the pillow back into place and gave herself a shake . |
| 3 | Aside from her gold medal triumph at the Barcelona Olympics , Capriati said it has been a disappointing year on the court and gave herself a ‘ C ’ grade for her results . |
| 4 | She got out of the bath and gave herself a mental shake as she quickly towelled herself dry . |
| 5 | Several weeks later , on the twenty-first anniversary of the baby 's death , we held a tearful and moving ceremony with candles and poetry , in which Betty said goodbye to her baby and gave herself permission to get on with the rest of her life . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In the garden of the Adam and Eve , Theodora drank sherry and gave herself the pleasure of gazing at the spire of the cathedral . |