Example sentences of "gave up the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does my right hon. Friend know that I gave up the opportunity of becoming a solicitor like the hon. Member for Glasgow , Garscadden ( Mr. Dewar ) because accountants put the losses on the right and the profits on the left ? |
| 2 | Shakespeare was , in fact , a retired pirate , who , after losing his right hand to a round of chain-shot on the Spanish Main , gave up the life of brigandry on the high seas and took up writing as a hobby to pass the time . |
| 3 | I gave up the idea of tea , but was able to make a washer in the afternoon with rubber from an abandoned tyre . |
| 4 | Jubilant , most gave up the idea of protesting in the freezing temperatures again , but approximately 1,000 persisted with their plan . |
| 5 | The Plymouth merchants gave up the idea of founding a northern colony , though they were interested in the prospects for fishing and they traded with the Indians along the coastline . |
| 6 | I do n't think Irina gave up the idea of finding me a suitable partner , until Bill died . |
| 7 | David gave up his job as the headmaster of a primary school near St Helens in Lancashire earlier this year , his wife , Vicky gave up the job of supply teaching she had been doing and , with their two children , Jonathan ( 11 ) and Patrick ( 5 ) , set off in May last year for some serious cruising , which includes going transatlantic with the ARC . |
| 8 | Even after the fall of the hated Poitevins in 1234 , ‘ Henry III in no wise gave up the policy of making his household the centre of the administration of the State ’ . |
| 9 | So I gave up the production of all but ‘ Leicester Square to Broadway ’ and began to wonder if I would not be happier producing shows for the BBC in London or in another country — perhaps China . |
| 10 | Such was his disillusionment that he gave up the practice of medicine for a while and supported himself and his growing family by undertaking translation work , at the same time pursuing his chemical and botanical studies . |
| 11 | Mann considered these objective to be so important that in January 1897 he gave up the secretaryship of the Independent Labour Party which he had held since 1894 to devote himself to the continental agitation , especially in Rotterdam , Antwerp and Hamburg , which had been started in the previous year . |
| 12 | Do you know , even when he became an ascetic and gave up the pomp of court , even when he fasted , the Blessed Thomas could not abstain from his cups of claret . ’ |
| 13 | During this time he developed an interest in art , to such an extent that he gave up the security of work in 1846 . |