Example sentences of "i give up the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should I give up the unequal struggle and wait until I reached the age of 16 ? |
| 2 | While it was charming I was not at all happy there so I gave up the grandiose life and moved over to the Peel Street YMCA . |
| 3 | I made myself eat liver — they hate liver — and I gave up the odd episode of ‘ Coronation Street ’ to read them Rudyard Kipling — with actions and funny voices . |
| 4 | In fact in our tenement " penthouse " I once unearthed several roller-skates which I cannibalised until finally there was only one , at which point I gave up the unequal struggle on a solo skate . |
| 5 | It very nearly made me give up the entire project . |