Example sentences of "give up the [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Male homosexuals in a large number of cases , says Freud , do not give up the mother and find another woman as sexual object , but they identify with their mother : ‘ he transforms himself into her and now looks about for objects which can replace his ego for him and on which he can bestow such love and care as he has experienced with his mother ’ . |
| 2 | A new thought came to drive me : what if she should die before I got home , give up the ghost and pass on , alone in the dark ? |
| 3 | I mean , give up the piano and that trumpet you say you 've got . ’ |
| 4 | At the same time , d the Tories are on their knees , some people , as I said earlier , I think it 's just as relevant in this debate , seem to have lost their way and when you took , look at what they 're proposing in terms of say , the er the fifty percent , the , the er M Ps , fifty percent of the votes for er the Parliamentary leader which of course is very consistent with , right , fifty percent of the vote , you take that along with proportional representation and what I believe you 're seeing is the number of people who have given up the ghost and are preparing to restructure the Party around coalition politics , and that 's where they 're heading , and they 're heading completely in the wrong direction because we 're more in tune with what 's going on in this country , the po opinion polls are saying fifty nine percent of the people actually I think , believe that er the Labour government is possible and will be voting for a Labour government , the alternative road is to oblivion and it 's not about modernizing , the people who 're proposing this coalition politics are n't modernizers , they 're Victorian politics , that 's what they 're about , they 're about taking us back , back before we created the Party , before we learnt the lesson that we needed to represent ourselves politically , they 're going back to , let's skil see what we get out of the Liberals , the free trade Liberals , in the nineteenth century , that 's where they 're going back , that 's not about modernization , real modernization is about making sure that the Labour Party speaks for the working people up and down this country and that 's our contribution to make to that Party and therefore we should have a role in decision making and influencing the Party that enables us as an organization to express that feeling , and that understanding of what people actually want in this country , and that 's why we 're supporting the C E C proposals . |
| 5 | Overtaking needs a bit more planning , but for those who have long since given up the chase and opted for a more dignified life , this is a lot of car for the money plus a BMW badge to ride behind . |
| 6 | That was when Kleiber had given up the struggle and collapsed , limp and helpless as a rag doll . |
| 7 | At this stage most people would have given up the struggle and for a time settled for Ted , who by now had enlisted new blood into his team , including the trusty old campaigner , John Peyton , and Peter Walker , who was re-engaged as Ted 's campaign manager . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | By 1939 he had given up the dogs and the main business was credit betting , though he was still operating at Northolt Park . |
| 10 | The rumour was that they were to give up the siege and have their contracts revoked before Christmas . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't see how anybody can pick up a guitar nowadays and not give some credit to Jimi Hendrix because , at the time — people do n't remember this — but at the time he came out , people were ready to give up the guitar and go onto other instruments . |
| 12 | ‘ If I was one of your students and you lot were counting up your staff-student contact hours , working to rule and refusing to mark exam papers , I might well prefer to give up the course and marry my brother 's friend Sharif . |
| 13 | They need to have a reason to give up the abuse and want to live . ’ |
| 14 | I must beg therefore to give up the appointment and request you to accept my Resignation . |
| 15 | It 's nearly time to give up the tights and get out the sandals . |
| 16 | His quest for adventure led him to give up the business and sail around the world with a friend in 1980 — but disaster struck . |
| 17 | Doing so , they argue , would be tantamount to giving up the intifada and accepting the continuation of military rule , without a firm promise that Israel would eventually withdraw . |
| 18 | The old wood of the door frame gave up the struggle and splintered , freeing the tongue of the lock , and without much more trouble I pulled the door open towards me , swinging it wide . |
| 19 | Then she gave up the struggle and dropped on her knees beside Debbie . |
| 20 | After giving your letter to my ‘ bonne ’ yesterday I gave up the fight and retired in good order to bed , where I am still . |
| 21 | With an anguished whimper she gave up the fight and kissed him back with a fervour born of all the long , lonely nights she 'd spent without him , her arms snaking up round his neck to pull him closer still . |
| 22 | Later , she gave up the childminding and took on some secretarial work in the mornings which still allowed her to continue with her lunch-time job . |
| 23 | Is n't it time they gave up the game and settled into cosy , post-stude domesticity ? |
| 24 | On 2 April 1746 he gave up the attempt and headed hastily north ‘ in a great hurry and confusion ’ . |