Example sentences of "he give up [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is he giving up the farm then ? |
| 2 | He gives up a day job to write down the stories — of the Secret Mountain , the Sound that could be Seen , the Slow Children and the Magic Duvet — that he once told for free to a rabble of offspring and other kin and friends . |
| 3 | A person buying or leasing land had no previous right to be there at all , let alone to trade there , and when he takes possession of that land subject to a negative restrictive covenant he gives up no right or freedom which he previously had . |
| 4 | Once he is distracted , I push on hard and he gives up the game . |
| 5 | The buyer , on the other hand , wishes to put off acceptance as long as possible , so that he can be sure the goods are totally satisfactory to him before he gives up the opportunity of rejecting them . |
| 6 | The Rev John Boocock said he was looking forward to acting the David Dimbleby role as he gives up the regular ‘ sermon slot ’ for a full interview in which he will try and investigate the relationship between the church and education . |
| 7 | He gave up a well-paid senior post at GCHQ in order to become a taxi driver but no one thought it strange . |
| 8 | After he gave up the booze at Christmas 1977 — for good - he gave us his splendid Brian which is as clever and well-judged a piece of comic acting as you 'll see . |
| 9 | His head slumped forward as he gave up the ghost . |
| 10 | The industrialist MP Samuel Morley and others persuaded him to stand down on the grounds that ministers should not directly enter the political arena and Morley paid all his expenses when he gave up the contest . |
| 11 | But he was told that he would have to pay rent for the land until the end of time , so he gave up the idea . |
| 12 | He pouches the ball with the eye of a major league outfielder , and that is because he was a player of some repute before he gave up the bat for the bag at the start of the 1970s . |
| 13 | On 2 April 1746 he gave up the attempt and headed hastily north ‘ in a great hurry and confusion ’ . |
| 14 | After a couple of minutes he gave up the attempt , left the tool box by the cottage wall and walked to the edge of the cliff then slithered down to the beach . |
| 15 | Such was his disillusionment that he gave up the practice of medicine for a while and supported himself and his growing family by undertaking translation work , at the same time pursuing his chemical and botanical studies . |
| 16 | He gave up the job , but was reappointed in 1989 . |
| 17 | Rather than swallow any more of what to him was the worst kind of mealy-mouthed claptrap , he gave up the vital therapy of letter writing and lapsed into total silence . |
| 18 | He gave up the fishing business . |
| 19 | Nevertheless he was determined to do his bit , so he gave up the firewood business and went back to the casting shop to make shell cases . |
| 20 | When he says of Bilbo that he gave up the Ring ‘ of his own accord : an important point ’ , he may be saying only that Bilbo ca n't have become too badly addicted , or more moralistically that Bilbo 's good impulse will help his cure . |
| 21 | Mann considered these objective to be so important that in January 1897 he gave up the secretaryship of the Independent Labour Party which he had held since 1894 to devote himself to the continental agitation , especially in Rotterdam , Antwerp and Hamburg , which had been started in the previous year . |
| 22 | ‘ He gave up the letters , Natasha . |
| 23 | During this time he developed an interest in art , to such an extent that he gave up the security of work in 1846 . |
| 24 | He gave up the treasureship in 1918 . |
| 25 | Finally he gave up the attempt , and took the most direct way back to his house . |
| 26 | Elias Hrawi , the West Beirut-based ( Christian ) President , reportedly responded by saying that there would be no deal with Aoun until he gave up the presidential palace at Baabda and the Army command at Yarzeh . |
| 27 | Mm I mean , you know when he gave up the drink |
| 28 | But the suggestion is that he was the black sheep , because he gave up the throne for a woman . |