Example sentences of "[vb base] give [adv prt] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was therefore use to give up the leadership of the BDA at this juncture and to leave it to someone of the new generation to embrace politics in order to achieve a better deal for the deaf . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've given up the cello for the moment , ’ said Finch . |
| 3 | These doctors have given up the notion of being specialists and of being involved in hospital medicine but the idea of coping with the medical problem is still a potent force in their ideologies . |
| 4 | How many millions similar to him have given up the ghost of ambition or had it driven out of them ? |
| 5 | We saved the party in nineteen eighty three , the G M B saved the party in that er , a crisis time th with the formation of the S D P and today the Tory government on its knees , staggering along and we have some people in the leadership of the Party and including , we can name them now , somebody 's written , writte written to all the constituencies , Neil Kinnock , who have given up the ghost of Labour ever winning again , and that 's what 's the base and the root of what 's going on , that 's why they want these proposals going through , they want to separate the trade unions from the Party so they can do a deal with the Liberals because they 've given up . |
| 6 | He quotes approvingly an anonymous ‘ youth ’ who believes that gay men have given up the battle between men : ‘ they 've submitted to men … . |
| 7 | LUNCHEON clubs for the elderly in Skelton and Redcar want volunteers to take over when students of a Skelton catering course have to give up the running of the service when their training course is cut on May 1 . |