Example sentences of "[pos pn] heart give " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Is it any wonder that , while I might have been too hard-headed to accept what is happening to me , I could not deny I actually felt my heart give a tug that night ? ’
2 My heart gave me an unforgettable jolt when I thought him to be headless ; yet there was no blood staining the fresh , even snow .
3 My heart gave a jump , then resumed something like its normal beat as I registered the fact that even in an empty house there were draughts , and doors moved and creaked with no one to push them .
4 " If my heart gave out tonight , then you 'd be all right .
5 My heart gave a quick double thump … so that was It .
6 It one thing to accept that she had no future with Harry and quite another to force her heart to give up hope , to stop loving him .
7 Blue eyes that made her heart give an alarming little lurch .
8 Ronni felt her heart give a sudden leap inside her .
9 Lindsey felt her heart give an extra thud .
10 She felt her heart give an erratic thud as his eyes held hers , heard his soft intake of breath as he turned slowly to face her .
11 Or perhaps he should n't , since it had made her heart give an enormous , inexplicable leap .
12 Then her heart gave a great leap .
13 When she read the first word , J O E , her heart gave a great leap .
14 Anyway , granny did n't survive the war — her heart gave out one night and there was a big family funeral to which I did not go , having conveniently arranged to be on duty that day .
15 Sarah was in the kitchen when she arrived , and her heart gave a sudden leap as she recognized the plump , rosy-faced woman as one of the two who had driven away from the Foundling Hospital that fateful day .
16 Tamar glanced across curiously and as the man emerged from the shadow of the stable into the bright sunlight , her throat constricted and her heart gave a lurch .
17 Her heart gave a frightened leap .
18 And her heart gave just a little kick of worry as she turned to Ted Morgan again .
19 Her heart gave an erratic lurch .
20 The phone rang and her heart gave a jerk .
21 Her heart gave a sudden leap .
22 But when she finally arrived at the little mews her heart gave a lurch .
23 Her heart gave a strange flip inside her ribcage , and she sucked in a deep breath to steady herself .
24 Her heart gave a sudden lurch as she looked up into his handsome face , and despite herself she sent him a radiant smile .
25 Rachel stared at Jennifer and her heart gave a great lurch as what her sister had just said began to sink in , then she frowned .
26 Her heart gave a little jump at his intimate smile .
27 ‘ Ready ? ’ he enquired , quite pleasantly , she thought , as her heart gave another peculiar flutter .
28 He smiled , and her heart gave a strange little twist .
29 Her heart gave a little lurch as she thought about running into him at some time , which she was bound to do .
30 Her heart gave an unsteady lurch .
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