Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] give up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had imagined that friendship meant giving up privacy , and closeness meant complete submersion in the other person . |
| 2 | Owen : When George , or you Robert … or you Carol walks out and slams the door that means the teacher has to give up time they could be giving to the others in the class , the ones who need the help . |
| 3 | The seller has given up goods in exchange for an increase in his bank deposit . |
| 4 | His wife has given up work as a secretary to stay at home with their three young children , yet the law does not allow him to take up her full tax allowance . |
| 5 | Before leaving Merchiston , she was presented with a bouquet of flowers by first year Hospitality Management student , Louise McLernan ; she discussed , with Louise and her class-mates , the level of commitment needed to give up work , as some of them had done , and devote themselves to full-time study . |
| 6 | Father had given up tobacco and alcohol to send me £2 15s ( Pounds 2.75 ) a week to make ends meet . |
| 7 | ‘ When leaving England in September to live in Paris I resolved to change my life style completely , which of course meant giving up Medau ! |
| 8 | Others were not so fortunate , and the Director of the Laban Centre had to give up membership because of the pressure of time . |
| 9 | Mrs Burrows nursed Betty through a dangerous illness when the doctor had given up hope on her . |
| 10 | No member of the family has to give up work before the allowance can be claimed and this extra income can sometimes enable a caring daughter to continue in her job if it is used to pay for help at home . |
| 11 | He backed it not just because he was convinced by Rueff and his advisers that it would reduce inflation and revitalize the economy through the stimulus of competition , but because he was attracted by its theatrical elements — the symbolism of a new franc to mark a new political order , the grand gesture of carrying out commitments to Europe that the Fourth Republic had given up hopes of honouring , the rhetoric of a coherent plan of renovation as opposed to a collection of policies . |
| 12 | AS Cheryl Landon lay dying in a coma after an horrific car crash only her stepfather refused to give up hope . |