Example sentences of "[adv] just give [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Er weddin' dress 'ad been run up for 'er by Mrs Stuart that 'ad only just give up 'er job workin' for a dressmaker in Shoreditch .
2 I did not just give up after one attempt .
3 Caspar was shouting to her not to struggle , because it would only mean she would sink quicker , but Fenella was struggling fiercely , because she could not just give in .
4 The best firms , he said , usually just give in , whereas under arbitration , they could actually win their case .
5 If you find certain aspects of school work difficult , do n't just give up ; ask your teachers why they think you find it hard , and how you can begin to cope a bit better .
6 They do n't just give up at 25 or 30 to worry about the children .
7 ‘ But , Apricot , ’ protested Brenda and Belinda , ‘ you ca n't just give up and do nothing .
8 You do n't just give up .
9 I think I 'd talk to them first and if they 're agreeable then I 'd give you their name and telephone number but I 'd have to speak to them first but I would n't just give out the name and telephone number on an ad hoc basis .
10 She had n't got this far nor worked this hard just to give up at the thought of some sort of opposition .
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