Example sentences of "[noun prp] gave [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Robert gave up the attempt to eavesdrop .
2 She knew that Faye had issued the invitation to Tom as a deliberate part of her campaign to bring the two of them together , and somehow she had to summon the courage today … or soon … to tell her patient that it just was n't working , it was pointless , and she would prefer it if Faye gave up the idea .
3 David gave up his job as the headmaster of a primary school near St Helens in Lancashire earlier this year , his wife , Vicky gave up the job of supply teaching she had been doing and , with their two children , Jonathan ( 11 ) and Patrick ( 5 ) , set off in May last year for some serious cruising , which includes going transatlantic with the ARC .
4 They were the stars of the show and this was reflected in the excellent coverage which the BBC gave both the Essex team and in turn Complete , on the Crufts programmes .
5 After that Jack gave up the skiing altogether and I took it very steady .
6 Boulton & Watt gave up the gas side of their business in 1814 , and the development of more efficient gas apparatus passed into other hands .
7 On it , messages left over from a few days before Brian gave up the flat .
8 I do n't think Irina gave up the idea of finding me a suitable partner , until Bill died .
9 Steve gave up the day job last August and , with my razor sharp powers of journalistic observation , I think the day had some importance for him .
10 On May 28 , ten days after they had lost contact and close to complete despair Bonington gave up the search .
11 And then , just as I was reaching for my battered copy of Einstein , Jon Snow gave away the secret .
12 A month after the DUP crossed the floor , the British government in London gave up the hope that the Northern Ireland government could restore order and suspended Stormont .
13 James denied it categorically , but the fact is that after a small part of another season in Walter Wolf 's car , Master James gave up the sport with relief .
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