Example sentences of "give [adv prt] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Wife Doña Ximena , said he , these damsels who have served you so well , I will give in marriage to these my vassals , and to every one of them two hundred marks of silver , that it may be known in Castille what they have got by their services . |
| 2 | Dear God , I must give up drink . |
| 3 | She must n't give up hope she told herself . |
| 4 | But his lack of affection for her did n't lessen her love for him , nor did she give up hope that she would one day be able to make him feel genuinely fond of her . |
| 5 | Do n't give up hope , my darling . |
| 6 | With a little group of people who did n't give up hope . |
| 7 | ‘ You must n't give up hope . ’ |
| 8 | So at that point then did you almost give up hope that you would be rescued ? that you more or less were going to end in the sea at that point ? |
| 9 | ‘ One day there will be a breakthrough and people should never give up hope . |
| 10 | Despite moments of despondency , de Gaulle himself certainly did not give up hope . |
| 11 | Do n't give up , do n't give up hope . |
| 12 | Joan said : ‘ I want people to know that Brian has never been forgotten and that we will never give up hope that his murderer will be found . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ We do n't know what the future is , but we wo n't give up hope . ’ |
| 14 | Should they give up exercise , or continue through their pregnancy ? |
| 15 | ‘ I will not give up comedy completely , but I will never go back to being a stand-up comic again . |
| 16 | Her husband was due to retire then and they had decided that they would both give up work at the same time . |
| 17 | She must , however , give up work before the start of the sixth week before the EWC if she is to get SMP for the full eighteen weeks . |
| 18 | Since most women did marry , most teenage girls assumed that they would do so and that they would give up work then . |
| 19 | He 's not who 's gon na give up Queen of England anyway ? |
| 20 | On Sept. 3 Interior Minister Mohammed Hardi said in an interview with the daily El Watan that most detainees would be freed soon , and that the electoral process interrupted in January would be resumed if those who demanded an Islamic state would give up terrorism . |
| 21 | He would also give up taxi driving and become a monk . |
| 22 | What made you give up education ? |
| 23 | The approved scheme will give up control of our only major asset — 66 Portland Place . |
| 24 | According to Soviet sources , however , the US side had softened its previous position that Najibullah would have to be removed from power before elections could be held , and was now considering a compromise under which he would remain President but would give up control of the military , the security police and the media to non-partisan bodies . |
| 25 | ‘ Why did you give up Formula One ? ’ she enquired . |
| 26 | They told her she must give up Christianity and deny , not only God and all the saints , but her father , her mother , and all her friends . |
| 27 | Some members would abandon the evangelical parts of the platform , while others would rather give up politics . |
| 28 | But , even knowing how strong the British now were , he would give up polo tomorrow and climb back into his cockpit and resume the attack on Port Stanley . |
| 29 | But I would try and give up sugar altogether , but I do n't know . |
| 30 | It is simply not on to believe that those at the top will willingly give up power for the overall health of society . |