Example sentences of "she gave up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ On finding she had become hooked like a drug addict , she gave up the shoot-out paintings and moved into a more feminine world to explore female stereotypes ’ |
| 2 | Two years later , on finding she had become hooked like a drug addict , she gave up the shoot-out paintings and moved into a more feminine world to explore female stereotypes . |
| 3 | With an anguished whimper she gave up the fight and kissed him back with a fervour born of all the long , lonely nights she 'd spent without him , her arms snaking up round his neck to pull him closer still . |
| 4 | Then she gave up the struggle and dropped on her knees beside Debbie . |
| 5 | She gave up the branch chairmanship of the Civil and Public Servants union in 1990 after 10 years and said of her multi-purpose role : ‘ My husband used to say our lounge was like an office on Sunday nights when I was sorting through my paperwork for the week . ’ |
| 6 | Later , she gave up the childminding and took on some secretarial work in the mornings which still allowed her to continue with her lunch-time job . |
| 7 | Moira McVitie is fairly putting on the beef since she gave up the teaching when wee Scott was born . |