Example sentences of "[noun sg] finally give up " in BNC.
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| 1 | With one last defiant surge of power the jeep finally gave up the ghost . |
| 2 | In spite of frequent attention , the old Paxman main engines on Venturous were breaking down more and more often , until the port engine finally gave up on us during Scottish patrols the following year . |
| 3 | Caught inextricably in that cycle , with pregnancies to confuse and exacerbate the situation , Elizabeth Titford 's body finally gave up the struggle in June ; with tragic inevitability , we might be tempted to say , looking back with the advantage of hindsight . |
| 4 | His own worst experience ‘ in the past year , anyway ’ involved a Friday 7pm service from Kings Cross that started late , had no buffet car , and after more stops than the Minster organ finally gave up the ghost at Doncaster . |
| 5 | It was at the beginning of May , some weeks after he first left , that the Zoo finally gave up hope of capturing the escaped golden eagle . |
| 6 | They may keep this up time and time again until , with luck , the predator finally gives up the chase . |