Example sentences of "he [vb past] given up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until now , he 'd given up hope that such a burgeoning time would ever come again . |
| 2 | He 'd given up woodwork , having driven a splinter through his thumbnail . |
| 3 | Of course , he 'd given up medicine to pursue comedy , but he was absolutely at his best when caring for others . |
| 4 | He was staying there since giving up his flat at around the same time he had given up Crystal Daly . |
| 5 | Within a month he had given up frustration and made his Christmas presents instead . |
| 6 | When he began writing again , he had given up realism for allegory about the conflict between , among other things , science and religion . |
| 7 | He had given up years ago the delusion that all men were homosexual at heart , and that it was just a question of finding the key to unlock their repressed desires . |