Example sentences of "to give up a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My brother is but an earl , and yet you expect us to give up a king in exchange . |
| 2 | Ally McCoist 's fitness will determine who plays up front and yesterday Roxburgh said that the improvement in the player 's hamstring injury was such that he would now be ‘ disappointed ’ if the scorer of 41 goals for his club this season did not play on the ground that has yet to give up a goal to Scotland since they became tenants at Ibrox . |
| 3 | Then everybody wanted it and she had to give up a bit of buttermaking she also did to cope with the demand . |
| 4 | He may have been reluctant to give up a conquest of his illustrious forbear , Julius Caesar . |
| 5 | In practice , people are very reluctant to give up a theory in which they have invested a lot of time and effort . |
| 6 | ‘ Princes will cede towns , even provinces , but all the ability of the most adroit negotiators can not persuade them to give up a rank to which they believe themselves entitled . ’ |
| 7 | Others have progressed rapidly in the beginning , only to experience considerable difficulty in overcoming the final hurdle — almost as though the mind was loath to give up a fear to which it had been clinging for years . |
| 8 | ‘ My job means having to give up a lot of things that everyone else takes for granted in their life , and you 've always known that , Annabel , ’ Scott again reminded her . |
| 9 | He believed that he would have to give up a career to which he was deeply committed and which had promised to be highly successful . |
| 10 | And you 've even got to give up a coupon for two ounces of knitting wool as well . |
| 11 | Especially at a time of recession and high unemployment , it is hard to give up a source of income and jobs . |
| 12 | An agreement is needed , not merely to give up an amount of liberty , but to put it into the hands of some sovereign power . |
| 13 | No state has found it easy to give up an empire with dignity , but Mr Gorbachev is doing it now with extraordinary openness . |