Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] give up " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has all but given up hard physical work on his farm . |
| 2 | Both Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin and the Archbishop of Canterbury were opposed to the marriage and rather than give up his proposed marriage , Edward abdicated on 11th . |
| 3 | In the case of a small pay cut , for example , we have seen that it is sometimes safer to sue for the amount that you have lost , rather than give up your job . |
| 4 | We think of Michael who sent away his son , Luke , rather than give up his land ; and surely the picture of the man weeping with a lamb in his arms , which he has fetched ‘ from the rock ’ , calls up a wealth of Old and New Testament imagery ? |
| 5 | Some would have starved rather than give up the playing . |