Example sentences of "[vb past] given [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did that mean she actually did have a choice , that he 'd given up the idea of evicting her ? |
| 2 | Anyway , I thought you 'd given up the notion of revenge . ’ |
| 3 | Until last week , she worked as a cleaner at the local community centre , but colleagues say she 'd given up the job to spend more time with her sick mother . |
| 4 | And now , sitting legs stretched , on a chair too low comfortably to accommodate his six feet two inches , eyes fixed on that single taper , unflickering in the incense-heavy stillness , he could hear again the tone , taut with self-disgust , in which Berowne had explained why he had given up the law : |
| 5 | Doctors said that while his heart was fine , his vascular system had given up the ghost . |
| 6 | Who had given up the ghost . |
| 7 | That was when Kleiber had given up the struggle and collapsed , limp and helpless as a rag doll . |
| 8 | After he had given up the slave trade and was already hoping to be ordained , he was appointed tide-surveyor in the port of Liverpool with duties that included the inspection of incoming vessels . |
| 9 | Some of the less educated women in Askham 's ( 1975 ) Aberdeen study had given up the pill as a result of such articles in popular newspapers and had become pregnant in consequence . |
| 10 | By then many women in social class I ( 45 per cent ) had given up the pill , compared to 39 per cent in class II and 28 per cent of the others . |
| 11 | Seamen felt themselves constantly under attack from the press , particularly that presided over by Lord Northcliffe , who had given up the conscription campaign , but continued to blacken the character of merchant sailors and firemen , while in other circles they were being lauded for their valour by no less a person than Admiral Sir John Jellicoe himself . |
| 12 | By 1939 he had given up the dogs and the main business was credit betting , though he was still operating at Northolt Park . |
| 13 | Lee Kuan Yew 's son Lee Hsien Loong took over Goh 's post as PAP first assistant secretary-general and remained a Deputy Prime Minister ; however , he had given up the Trade and Industry portfolio in mid-November after announcing that he was undergoing treatment for cancer . |
| 14 | By the beginning of the 1960s the government had given up the attempt to encourage employers to take special note of the needs of older workers . |