Example sentences of "give up this " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you came from Mexico , he said , you would give up this shallow cynicism and understand just how important it is to keep the bookshops open , to keep the galleries open , even to keep the opera houses open . |
| 2 | You will give up this so-called nursing immediately and you will give me a date for your wedding — ’ |
| 3 | They would give up this current one and we would |
| 4 | ‘ Ca n't you give up this living ? ’ she asks , and I stare at the invisible ceiling . |
| 5 | but erm he 's been trying to get her back now , you know , but he did n't wan na give up this other girl ! |
| 6 | I could n't give up this . |
| 7 | When Ma died , he had always planned to break away completely , give up this life and build a new one . |
| 8 | ‘ Why ’ , she asks , ‘ give up this healthy show of emotion for heart attacks ? ’ |
| 9 | Sitting on the tube a largish , overweight man sits under a sign reading ‘ Give up this seat to someone less able to stand than yourself . ’ |
| 10 | Later theoretical developments of psychoanalysis have been by analysts who have largely given up this second requirement of a theoretical conceptualization , yet it was a fundamental one for Freud himself . |
| 11 | ‘ In fact , I had intended to persuade you to give up this present arrangement . ’ |
| 12 | And the last thing in the world you 'd want would be to give up this opportunity Monsieur Verveine has given you . |
| 13 | " By the way , Richard , when are you and Laura going to give up this nonsense about living in the middle of the Thames ? |
| 14 | But instead he wandered past the neatly laid-out kitchen garden , strangely reluctant to give up this rare moment of peaceful solitude in the sun . |
| 15 | Smokers really should take this opportunity to give up this addictive habit once and for all . |
| 16 | The real reason is I am frightened what folk will say , or I do not want to give up this particular habit of mine . |
| 17 | Before giving up this half-filled sheet of paper to his file system , the official had noted well its contents . |
| 18 | Unfortunately , she quickly gave up this approach because Gareth kept tugging the mug handle after each drink , spilling lots of ‘ pop ’ over both of them and the floor . |
| 19 | Although she gave up this job eight years ago , she has a lasting identification with it . |
| 20 | At the Treaty of Amiens , designed to provide a half-time interval in the Napoleonic War , Britain gave up this rather theoretical claim ( but incidentally got Ceylon , Trinidad and a few other colonial gems ) and dropped the fleur-de-lis . |
| 21 | Nsanzimana commented that both would be offered representation in the government if they gave up this condition and expressed a willingness to participate . |
| 22 | I think Mao was quite keyed up on the whole situation , I think he realized that to win the war they had to erm adjust the mass support very carefully , and I think that 's basically what this I think that 's why two months later they er they er gave up this document cos he was worried then they 'd lose the middle peasants ' support . |