Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [verb] give [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Because I 've decided to give up the artificial fiction of being myself for the genuine , satisfying falseness of being somebody else . |
| 2 | " I 've got to give up the job . |
| 3 | ‘ We are emerging from just about as difficult a period as I can remember in over 37 years in the business , but we are emerging with capital ratios still among the strongest of any of the world 's banks — ready and willing to lend for any viable purpose , and desperate for the chance to show both personal and corporate customers that the personal , flexible , friendly service which we have tried to give in the past and which I hope has given us the privilege of enjoying your company tonight — that same service is still very much on offer today . ’ |
| 4 | Of course we have had to give up the strict ordering of the series in horizontal segments , but the |
| 5 | Electric fish have , at least twice independently , hit upon this ingenious method of navigation , but they have had to pay a price : they have had to give up the normal , highly efficient , fish method of swimming , throwing the whole body into serpentine waves . |
| 6 | She reached the end of the corridor , but he seemed to have given up the chase already . |