Example sentences of "the [noun prp] had give [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But once the Petrovs had given up all their secrets they became difficult to please , claiming that their true value was not being appreciated . |
| 2 | In 1966 the Beatles had given up touring , a practice that had consumed their lives ever since they 'd been catapulted into celebrity in 1963 . |
| 3 | Third , the Serbs had to give up more territory than Croats or Muslims ( see maps below ) . |
| 4 | In a move reportedly designed to persuade the Soviet Union to abandon its rail-mounted mobile intercontinental missile system , the SS-24 , Bush said that the USA had given up plans to develop mobile versions of the MX and Midgetman missiles and that a programme to build the short-range attack missile ( SRAM ) had also been cancelled . |
| 5 | Moynihan said that between 1974 and 1988 the USA had given more than $80,000,000 in aid towards opium eradication in Myanma " to absolutely no avail " . |