Example sentences of "[verb] up their good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no way they 'd give up their best friends . |
| 2 | They had long since stopped expecting the world to deal kindly with them : they had used up their good fortune by remaining alive when the Plague came . |
| 3 | They do n't have to give up their best rooms and their freedom and not be mistress in their own house , and wait on people like that any more . ’ |
| 4 | Since most of them have been in the army of the Lord for many years , church members will no doubt want to give up their best rooms for these dear people . |
| 5 | He went on to say that they had been at great pains to build up an efficient fifth-column unit and should not be expected to give up their best men as soon as they were trained . |
| 6 | Lancashire had run up their best total , 264 for three , to give the Tykes a mountain to climb . |
| 7 | This is where my question was coming I ask the convenor why the committee failed to follow up their good work by not promoting the kidney donor cards through ministers to the congregation . |