Example sentences of "gave up [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He gave up chasing the girls , did he ? ’ |
| 2 | After 1945 , the committee was allowed to divide itself into subcommittees , it gave up scrutinizing the estimates in detail and began to look at the way money was being spent in selected fields and how far government policy was being achieved . |
| 3 | Panic was the feeling Alice had when , after several tries , she gave up attempting the Beethoven . |
| 4 | He gave up playing the field and married a year ago , to a sinewy woman called Cheryl Berkoff . |
| 5 | Look at him — throwin' his eye up your skirt — and it no time at all since he gave up wettin' the bed ! ’ |