Example sentences of "[noun] gave up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order to expose what appears to be a series of monstrous , incomprehensible legal blunders , Mr Mathew gave up work in 1983 . |
| 2 | One by one , governments gave up sovereignty for stability and acceded to the TAPIR . |
| 3 | Fiennes gave up trek ‘ within a week of death' |
| 4 | In consequence of the agreement , Mr. Mahmoud gave up possession to the landlord . |
| 5 | It may well have been with mixed feelings that Hamilton gave up Painshill and its burdens after some thirty-five years . |
| 6 | Joseph Glanvil , for example , believed that if people gave up belief in ghosts and witches they would soon also give up God , and he investigated some supposedly haunted houses . |
| 7 | It would bring joy to millions of people if the Royals gave up bloodsports . |
| 8 | When doctors gave up hope of any recovery , they sent him home to be with Altovise when he died . |
| 9 | The air gave up appearances |
| 10 | Of the $1.7 billion shifted from losers to gainers in workouts , senior creditors gave up $1.3 billion . |
| 11 | Major M&S supplier Northern Foods gave up 4p to 273p , AB Foods dipped 1p to 505p , and Cadbury Schweppes fell 5p to 448p . |
| 12 | Trade union leader Bakary Karambo and lawyer and leading human rights activist Demba Diallo , responded by calling for an immediate , indefinite general strike until the UDPN gave up power . |
| 13 | Their visits were threatening and long , and eventually the agency gave up hope of substituting mulberry trees for opium . |
| 14 | On the Gamily Fast Day in October , the children gave up snacks and donated the money save to a collection which was brought up at the offertory at a special mass in school . |
| 15 | AN ELDERLY couple gave up £1,000 worth of golden wedding presents to help the blind . |
| 16 | Returning from Canton in May 1817 , Jardine gave up medicine for commerce , which he learned from Thomas Weeding , a London merchant and EIC agent . |
| 17 | Tesco gave up 15½p to 242p on the week , even though profits for last year are expected to be £123 million up at £540 million . |
| 18 | His mother gave up farming and he took things over . |
| 19 | February 20th , 1920 : It was on this date that Adolf Hitler gave up painting and became spokesman for the newly-formed Nazi Party . |