Example sentences of "[adj] gave up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately one was having its innards repaired at the time and another gave up the ghost after operating for all of a second . |
| 2 | Half of these gave up the drug ( British Medical Journal . |
| 3 | That failed you as my own gave up the ghost . |
| 4 | Even after the fall of the hated Poitevins in 1234 , ‘ Henry III in no wise gave up the policy of making his household the centre of the administration of the State ’ . |
| 5 | Jubilant , most gave up the idea of protesting in the freezing temperatures again , but approximately 1,000 persisted with their plan . |