Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Governor has effectively given up control of the Bermudian police to the local government , though he still retains the right to be consulted . |
| 2 | The government has now effectively given up trying to protect Canadian television ( much of which is publicly funded ) from new competition from US satellites . |
| 3 | Many responsible people had eventually given up and resigned from the Branch Committee . |
| 4 | I 'm just a little shaken up . ’ |
| 5 | Nevertheless , and no doubt too slowly , illusions of grandeur were slowly given up and Britain 's incapacity to live with the superpowers was to a degree accepted . |
| 6 | The material being drilled is effectively broken up by the drill bit , and the rotary action of the drill bit is primarily to remove debris from the hole . |
| 7 | The wheel was never repaired and was eventually broken up for scrap . |
| 8 | The third category was eventually broken up and distributed into the yes/no compartments through consultation with those involved and colleagues . |
| 9 | From two furlongs out , the well-backed and fancied maiden Adam Smith was the only serious threat but the older horse , vigorously shaken up by Steve Cauthen , put him firmly in his place . |
| 10 | Activists are illegally dismissed , strikes are forcibly broken up by the army or police and many unionists have been killed . |
| 11 | When the factory was occupied in protest , the Ministry of Labour declared the strike illegal and the occupation was forcibly broken up a week later . |
| 12 | Friends within the Neighbours cast were said to have claimed the attack left Kylie ‘ badly shaken up . ’ |
| 13 | According to their records , she had not lost consciousness , but she had been badly shaken up . |
| 14 | She had been badly shaken up and obviously distressed by the experience . |
| 15 | So it was that they went on to do other things , but separately ; a ‘ beautiful ’ working relationship was thereby broken up , and two highly creative thinkers had their play-writing ambitions stillborn . |
| 16 | There was n't nothing wrong with it — it was just a little bashed up on one end , that 's all . |
| 17 | He had long since given up reading the tabloids . |
| 18 | She is past the menopause and she and Abraham have long since given up sexual intercourse . |
| 19 | Overtaking needs a bit more planning , but for those who have long since given up the chase and opted for a more dignified life , this is a lot of car for the money plus a BMW badge to ride behind . |
| 20 | The Tour has long since given up those occasional easy days known as promenades , when the peloton idled along , especially on the Mediterranean coast , as though on a club run . |
| 21 | Mother had long since given up remonstrating with us on the need to show respect and reverence towards our aunts , her sisters-in-law . |
| 22 | I have since given up ( well , almost ) drawing ‘ exploding monsters ’ for NME and have become their correspondent for anything weird , wonderful and , occasionally , musical . |
| 23 | Medical sociology has long since given up looking at process — it 's too busy experiencing illness and waffling on about doctor-patient interaction . |
| 24 | The seagulls have long since given up on this ferry . |
| 25 | Colonel Fergusson had long since given up trying to understand the business . |
| 26 | Though the unit had long since given up any pretence of cooling the room , it did turn out to have a curious talent for magnifying the pigeons ' footfalls so that their tap dance rang out like a drum-roll at six every morning . |
| 27 | I 'd long since given up trying to get her not to call me that . |
| 28 | This remains one of the strongest reasons why so many parents still want their children to have RE even though they themselves have long since given up having much to do with religion . |
| 29 | Then the conifers would have long since given up their job as nurses to the beeches and ended in a timber yard . |
| 30 | Birds have long since given up trying to nest in her eaves . |