Example sentences of "give up [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he could give up smoking the Army in Sri Lanka would benefit by another one hundred and thirty dollars a month . |
| 2 | Newtown Coaches , from Reeth Place , Newton Aycliffe , was told by Durham County Council it must give up running the route from Darlington to Bishopton after complaints about the service . |
| 3 | She had given up counting the number of marriage proposals she had turned down over the years . |
| 4 | Many farmers had given up working the land because of low rates of return and had turned to producing more lucrative goods . |
| 5 | As she celebrated with champagne , emigrant Deirdre Donovan ( 30 ) revealed that she was about to give up entering the draw . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm going to have to give up standing the market , Ma , ’ she announced quietly . |
| 7 | Since giving up playing the piano in the Soho bar , he had had a job as a receptionist and switchboard operator in a hospice in Kilburn . |
| 8 | He gave up playing the field and married a year ago , to a sinewy woman called Cheryl Berkoff . |
| 9 | Look at him — throwin' his eye up your skirt — and it no time at all since he gave up wettin' the bed ! ’ |