Example sentences of "[pers pn] be give up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said : ‘ I had just been saying that I was giving up the lotto , but my husband , Martin , encouraged me to keep trying . ’ |
| 2 | Or she will write to say that she is giving up the family house and moving away . |
| 3 | Then she heard Christ speaking to her , saying that she would have victory over all her enemies , and that she was to give up the hair-cloth that she wore and her continual saying of the Rosary , but must stop eating meat . |
| 4 | For as well as suggesting that if we were to give up the view that most actions are autonomous we should have to give up a great deal else as well , it asserts that this transformation of our attitudes is actually beyond us . |
| 5 | Police radio describes how they 're giving up the chase because there are a lot of children about and it could be dangerous . |
| 6 | The rumour was that they were to give up the siege and have their contracts revoked before Christmas . |