Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] [noun sg] of [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul 's family in Swindon have given up hope of an early release . |
| 2 | The Governor has effectively given up control of the Bermudian police to the local government , though he still retains the right to be consulted . |
| 3 | With every move the visitor transfers from one ear to another , steps over the roughed out eye-socket of a sleeping figure , or dodges round a protruding nose . |
| 4 | Without declaring for or against the coup , Sukarno issued an ordinance stating he had taken over command of the armed forces . |
| 5 | Today a fully paid up member of the Conservative Party . |
| 6 | First , Franco still held out hope of a late Axis victory , believing — astonishingly — that Hitler possessed and would soon deploy secret weapons and " cosmic rays " . |