Example sentences of "gave [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then , just as I was reaching for my battered copy of Einstein , Jon Snow gave away the secret . |
| 2 | He gave away the rights to his oddball invention to settle a $10 gambling debt . |
| 3 | A loud burst of singing gave away the presence of the ubiquitous wren . |
| 4 | Only Edward 's eyes gave away the measure of his dismay — and Forest was avoiding his gaze . |
| 5 | A soft light gave away the outline of the door . |
| 6 | When her mother died Constance had turned slightly vegetarian and announced that she would never have any children since her mum had had ten and put her off the whole idea , and she gave away the chickens . |
| 7 | Grandad Tallentire gave away the bride and I think Grandad Hauxwell performed one of his well-known recitations . |
| 8 | But that kiss gave away the truth they had done their best to suppress . |
| 9 | But the stench of diesel oil gave away the fact that the fish had not been killed by the bad weather . |
| 10 | The old wood of the door frame gave up the struggle and splintered , freeing the tongue of the lock , and without much more trouble I pulled the door open towards me , swinging it wide . |
| 11 | In spite of many buckets of water , it gave up the struggle last summer and had to be cut down . |
| 12 | Respect for product in the form of dramatic production became eroded and , regrettably , those who believed in the value of drama as a community enterprise gave up the struggle . |
| 13 | Some boys simply gave up the struggle for power , or scarcely attempted it . |
| 14 | Caught inextricably in that cycle , with pregnancies to confuse and exacerbate the situation , Elizabeth Titford 's body finally gave up the struggle in June ; with tragic inevitability , we might be tempted to say , looking back with the advantage of hindsight . |
| 15 | The marriage ended when her husband gave up the struggle to find better ways of communicating with her . |
| 16 | Then she gave up the struggle and dropped on her knees beside Debbie . |
| 17 | The upper classes rapidly gave up the struggle to maintain social exclusivity at the seaside resorts and fled to the Highlands , the Lakes , and eventually the Continent , to pursue their particular pleasures , unhampered by the proximity of their inferiors . |
| 18 | Boulton & Watt gave up the gas side of their business in 1814 , and the development of more efficient gas apparatus passed into other hands . |
| 19 | That offender damaged no fewer than eight vehicles , and the police gave up the chase on four separate occasions because it was too dangerous to continue pursuing the stolen vehicle at various stages . |
| 20 | Hocazade soon gave up the kadilik in order to devote himself more fully to but remained as muderris in Iznik until the death of Mehmed II ( 886/1481 ) . |
| 21 | Holly Park , once the home of South Liverpool FC , has been empty since the club gave up the battle against vandals in 1990 . |
| 22 | The Holly Park site in Garston has been empty since the club gave up the battle against vandals in 1990 . |
| 23 | She gave up the branch chairmanship of the Civil and Public Servants union in 1990 after 10 years and said of her multi-purpose role : ‘ My husband used to say our lounge was like an office on Sunday nights when I was sorting through my paperwork for the week . ’ |
| 24 | This aircraft gave up the crew without any major injuries . |
| 25 | ABBERLEY : I gave up the title to you . |
| 26 | Mm I mean , you know when he gave up the drink |
| 27 | ‘ He gave up the letters , Natasha . |
| 28 | A month after the DUP crossed the floor , the British government in London gave up the hope that the Northern Ireland government could restore order and suspended Stormont . |
| 29 | Steve gave up the day job last August and , with my razor sharp powers of journalistic observation , I think the day had some importance for him . |
| 30 | Does my right hon. Friend know that I gave up the opportunity of becoming a solicitor like the hon. Member for Glasgow , Garscadden ( Mr. Dewar ) because accountants put the losses on the right and the profits on the left ? |