Example sentences of "gave up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In spite of many buckets of water , it gave up the struggle last summer and had to be cut down . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Some boys simply gave up the struggle for power , or scarcely attempted it . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The marriage ended when her husband gave up the struggle to find better ways of communicating with her . |
| 7 | Then she gave up the struggle and dropped on her knees beside Debbie . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Boulton & Watt gave up the gas side of their business in 1814 , and the development of more efficient gas apparatus passed into other hands . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | Holly Park , once the home of South Liverpool FC , has been empty since the club gave up the battle against vandals in 1990 . |
| 13 | The Holly Park site in Garston has been empty since the club gave up the battle against vandals in 1990 . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | This aircraft gave up the crew without any major injuries . |
| 16 | ABBERLEY : I gave up the title to you . |
| 17 | Mm I mean , you know when he gave up the drink |
| 18 | ‘ He gave up the letters , Natasha . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 ? |
| 22 | But the suggestion is that he was the black sheep , because he gave up the throne for a woman . |
| 23 | After giving your letter to my ‘ bonne ’ yesterday I gave up the fight and retired in good order to bed , where I am still . |
| 24 | Nomads never gave up the fight , but had no answer to an Alresford side on top form . |
| 25 | Nomads never gave up the fight , but had no answer to an Alresford side on top form . |
| 26 | ‘ Captain Marvel ’ Bryan Robson yesterday gave up the fight to keep his 34 year old legs pounding towards a century of caps and announced his England retirement . |
| 27 | With an anguished whimper she gave up the fight and kissed him back with a fervour born of all the long , lonely nights she 'd spent without him , her arms snaking up round his neck to pull him closer still . |
| 28 | One of the letters , to Val Hulme of ABC , said : ‘ I have met many innocent men inside this building of darkness , many who gave up the fight a long time ago . |
| 29 | Shakespeare was , in fact , a retired pirate , who , after losing his right hand to a round of chain-shot on the Spanish Main , gave up the life of brigandry on the high seas and took up writing as a hobby to pass the time . |
| 30 | She served four months and gave up the glue . |