Example sentences of "given up all [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Roland had given up all thought , in any case not very realistic , of discussing the purloined letters with Blackadder .
2 ‘ If you 'd like to know the truth , I 'd given up all thought of trying to persuade you to visit Bertha .
3 She had given up all idea of exercising any power over fate .
4 As well as those who have deliberately given up all idea of marriage for the sake of their Christian calling , there are others who fail to find a marriage partner and accept that situation as part of God 's plan for their life .
5 I have given up all idea now of going to Kings and shall make my way across the Island as quickly as I can making a call or two on the way .
6 She had given up all hope of ever bringing Oreste over .
7 Following the flooding of RFK Stadium , the Washington Redskins have given up all hope of making another Superbowl — but the city 's new Red Herrings are an increasingly powerful force in major league water-polo .
8 We 've waited so long , I 'd given up all hope of ever having a bairn . ’
9 But she had given up all hope of Joss Barnet returning that evening and nothing else in the world mattered .
10 Having given up all hope of getting hold of a man for herself alone , she would be prepared to share one as the next best thing .
11 Ted had given up all hope of enlarging his holding and was concentrating his efforts on farming his existing soil , making a reasonable living from his multiplicity of vegetable crops , when a letter arrived one day explaining to him that if he still wanted to buy the adjoining land , the owners were interested in discussing the matter .
12 As early as 1524 , Henry had given up all hope of Catherine bearing another child , and by the time he became infatuated with Anne Boleyn two years later , he had already begun to convince himself that his wife 's failure to give birth to a son who survived infancy was a sign that his marriage to his brother 's widow was sinful , in that it had broken the laws concerning affinity laid down in the Old Testament Book of Leviticus ( chapter 20 : verse 21 ) .
13 The timing of the goal was a vital ingredient of this delirium , of course ( I for one had given up all hope by then ) , as was the venue ( we had n't won up there for decades ) ; but what really gave the night meaning was the anxiety and despair , year after year of it , that had gone before .
14 She 'd given up all hope of having children , you see .
15 They had given up all hope of ever moving when a two-bedroom house with a garden was found for them in Forthlin Road , Allerton last week .
16 They had given up all hope of ever moving when a two-bedroom house with a garden was found for them in Forthlin Road , Allerton last week .
17 ‘ Now I 've given up all hope ( of returning to Formula One ) . ’
18 War heroes who served on the Russian convoys had given up all hope of receiving the award issued by the old Soviet Union .
19 Many ex-servicemen had given up all hope of ever seeing the tribute after the Ministry of Defence warned supplies could dry up following the break-up of the USSR .
20 Yes , after we had given up all intention of going there , we have arrived .
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