Example sentences of "[noun prp] gave up 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 | After that Jack gave up the skiing altogether and I took it very steady . |
| 5 | Boulton & Watt gave up the gas side of their business in 1814 , and the development of more efficient gas apparatus passed into other hands . |
| 6 | On it , messages left over from a few days before Brian gave up the flat . |
| 7 | I do n't think Irina gave up the idea of finding me a suitable partner , until Bill died . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | On May 28 , ten days after they had lost contact and close to complete despair Bonington gave up the search . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |