Example sentences of "he gave up the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the suggestion is that he was the black sheep , because he gave up the throne for a woman . |
| 2 | During this time he developed an interest in art , to such an extent that he gave up the security of work in 1846 . |
| 3 | After he gave up the booze at Christmas 1977 — for good - he gave us his splendid Brian which is as clever and well-judged a piece of comic acting as you 'll see . |
| 4 | Mann considered these objective to be so important that in January 1897 he gave up the secretaryship of the Independent Labour Party which he had held since 1894 to devote himself to the continental agitation , especially in Rotterdam , Antwerp and Hamburg , which had been started in the previous year . |
| 5 | He pouches the ball with the eye of a major league outfielder , and that is because he was a player of some repute before he gave up the bat for the bag at the start of the 1970s . |
| 6 | He gave up the treasureship in 1918 . |
| 7 | Such was his disillusionment that he gave up the practice of medicine for a while and supported himself and his growing family by undertaking translation work , at the same time pursuing his chemical and botanical studies . |