Example sentences of "him [to-vb] up [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Deteriorating eyesight compelled him to give up painting in 1975 , but he lived to see the beginning of a major revival of his reputation . |
| 2 | When blindness compelled him to give up farming in 1966 he learned Braille and carried on with his public duties , being much in demand as a witty public speaker . |
| 3 | So she hid all his Persian textbooks and persuaded him to take up badminton instead . |
| 4 | He lays down the only terms on which it is possible for him to take up residence with his people . |
| 5 | As Keith explained , it was not any easier for him to take up employment with the RAF because his father had been a career forces man . |