Example sentences of "[pers pn] gave up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must have wanted to come here : to do so , I gave up a most coveted job , that of editor in chief of American Esquire . |
| 2 | I gave up a few years ago . ’ |
| 3 | I gave up a promising career in advertising in England and came back to Barbados with him . |
| 4 | Debbie 's lawyer , John Christiansen , said she can claim half their assets , because she gave up a promising tennis career for Fred 's sake . |
| 5 | She has not worked for nine and a half years , since she gave up a clerical post in accounts with a large company to have her first child . |
| 6 | Finding teaching too confining , she gave up a post as a governess in 1895 . |
| 7 | THE London Monarchs made the sort of World League history they could do without when they gave up a record eight turnovers in Saturday 's 13–7 defeat at Barcelona Dragons . |
| 8 | They gave up a holiday to watch Boro play away . |
| 9 | He gave up a well-paid senior post at GCHQ in order to become a taxi driver but no one thought it strange . |