Example sentences of "give up [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Dear God , I must give up drink .
2 She must n't give up hope she told herself .
3 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 .
4 Do n't give up hope , my darling .
5 With a little group of people who did n't give up hope .
6 ‘ You must n't give up hope . ’
7 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 ?
8 ‘ One day there will be a breakthrough and people should never give up hope .
9 Despite moments of despondency , de Gaulle himself certainly did not give up hope .
10 Do n't give up , do n't give up hope .
11 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 . ’
12 ‘ We do n't know what the future is , but we wo n't give up hope . ’
13 Should they give up exercise , or continue through their pregnancy ?
14 ‘ I will not give up comedy completely , but I will never go back to being a stand-up comic again .
15 Her husband was due to retire then and they had decided that they would both give up work at the same time .
16 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 .
17 Since most women did marry , most teenage girls assumed that they would do so and that they would give up work then .
18 He 's not who 's gon na give up Queen of England anyway ?
19 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 .
20 He would also give up taxi driving and become a monk .
21 What made you give up education ?
22 The approved scheme will give up control of our only major asset — 66 Portland Place .
23 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 .
24 ‘ Why did you give up Formula One ? ’ she enquired .
25 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 .
26 Some members would abandon the evangelical parts of the platform , while others would rather give up politics .
27 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 .
28 But I would try and give up sugar altogether , but I do n't know .
29 It is simply not on to believe that those at the top will willingly give up power for the overall health of society .
30 The dismissal of Luis Maria Argaña as Foreign Minister in late July , after he stated publicly that the ruling Colorado party would never give up power ( contrary to the government 's pledge to hold free elections in 1993 ) , was followed in mid-August by the resignation of the entire Cabinet , to allow President Andrés Rodriguez to conduct a reshuffle .
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