Example sentences of "give up painting " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , does that mean , since you have given up painting , that you associate painting with stupidity ? |
| 2 | Firstly , you know , I have n't given up painting ; if I get an idea for a painting tomorrow , I 'll do it . |
| 3 | Deteriorating eyesight compelled him to give up painting in 1975 , but he lived to see the beginning of a major revival of his reputation . |
| 4 | In 1891 , after she learned that she was suffering from progressive myopia and would have to give up painting , embroidery , and other close work , she turned whole-heartedly to garden designing . |
| 5 | February 20th , 1920 : It was on this date that Adolf Hitler gave up painting and became spokesman for the newly-formed Nazi Party . |
| 6 | When you gave up painting , did you believe that painting was dead ? |
| 7 | but around 1950 I began to realise that this was n't getting me anywhere , so I gave up painting with oil paints and began instead to draw with oils . |