Example sentences of "give up [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | And yet — so ran her disjointed thoughts — had n't one always been taught that Christmas was the time when one should give up things for other people ? |
| 2 | Because he is of the establishment — yet , like Greene , he operates on the margins ; because he is outwardly well presented and benign yet at the same time frequently boiling with rage ; because he writes a crystalline yet subtly dandified prose which does n't give up secrets easily . |
| 3 | No coalition can have over 325 votes , but coalition members can give up votes to stay within the limit . |
| 4 | The declaration stated that , whereas heretofore , to wit , etc. , in consideration that the plaintiff , at the request of the defendant , had then consented to allow the defendant to weigh divers , to wit two , boilers of the plaintiff , of great value , etc. , defendant promised that he would , within a reasonable time after the said weighing was effected , leave and give up the boilers in as perfect and complete a condition , and as fit for use by plaintiff , as the same were in at the time of the consent so given by plaintiff ; and that , although in pursuance of the consent so given , defendant to wit , on , etc. , did weigh the same boilers , yet defendant did not nor would , within a reasonable time after the said weighing was effected leave and give up boilers in as perfect , etc. , but wholly neglected and refused so to do , although a reasonable time for that purpose had elapsed before the commencement of this suit ; and , on the contrary thereof , defendant afterwards , to wit on , etc. , took the said boilers to pieces and did not put the same together again but left the same in a detached and divided condition , and in many different pieces , whereby plaintiff hath been put to great trouble , etc . |
| 5 | People who give up cigarettes very commonly report explicit ( and guilty ) dreams about smoking in the first few weeks , even though there is every reason to believe that sleep actually becomes less disturbed on withdrawal from nicotine . |
| 6 | give up seats for you And do n't give |
| 7 | That 's the only way to keep life uncomplicated — give up men . ’ |
| 8 | Give up sweets for Lent or something . |
| 9 | Do you know I 've given up hours and hours of my time to distribute leaflets and address envelopes and argue with miserable people like you who do n't believe anything ? |
| 10 | In a move reportedly designed to persuade the Soviet Union to abandon its rail-mounted mobile intercontinental missile system , the SS-24 , Bush said that the USA had given up plans to develop mobile versions of the MX and Midgetman missiles and that a programme to build the short-range attack missile ( SRAM ) had also been cancelled . |
| 11 | I thought you had given up drawing-rooms entirely . ’ |
| 12 | And erm these er he must have given up bicycles when the penny farthing was outdated . |
| 13 | The KPNLF , which launched an attack on Saturday , four days after the withdrawal of Vietnamese troops , had given up attempts to occupy the town of Svay Cheak and the capital of Banteay Meanchey province , Sisophon . |
| 14 | SCIENTISTS from Canada and the United States have given up attempts to agree about what effect acid rain is having on the environment of North America . |
| 15 | But as Mrs Charley says : ‘ When you 've given up holidays and worked on a budget as tight as ours then you have to believe in miracles . ’ |
| 16 | The seller has given up goods in exchange for an increase in his bank deposit . |
| 17 | He had given up years ago the delusion that all men were homosexual at heart , and that it was just a question of finding the key to unlock their repressed desires . |
| 18 | He backed it not just because he was convinced by Rueff and his advisers that it would reduce inflation and revitalize the economy through the stimulus of competition , but because he was attracted by its theatrical elements — the symbolism of a new franc to mark a new political order , the grand gesture of carrying out commitments to Europe that the Fourth Republic had given up hopes of honouring , the rhetoric of a coherent plan of renovation as opposed to a collection of policies . |
| 19 | He had , of course , given up cigarettes by the time he had gone into the clinic , but as a result he had abandoned the puritanical principles inculcated into him in youth and had started eating sweets instead ; and this meant that he was putting on weight . |
| 20 | It is entirely coincidence that we have now given up pies for Lent . |
| 21 | If it is the buyer he will have to give up goods ( or their value ) for which he has paid good money . |
| 22 | ‘ I HAVE REACHED THIRTY AND I WANT TO GIVE UP SEX'N'DRUGS ‘ N ’ ROCK'N'ROLL . |
| 23 | — With Mr. Gould all this is very different — he has sufficient to live on , whether his subscribers pay or not , & can well afford the innumerable little expenses of printing — but for poor I — I have just nine and twenty times resolved to give up Parrots & all — & should certainly have done so — had not my good genius with vast reluctance just 9 & 20 times set me a going again . ’ |
| 24 | Pressure is growing from several camps to adopt a more strident tone towards other republics , to give up attempts to bolster the Commonwealth of Independent States and allow Russia to go it alone , especially on military matters . |
| 25 | You 'll have to give up hamsters wo n't you , most definitely . |
| 26 | ( Christ was very apt to tell Margery to give up things she had become tired of ; he was later to tell her to eat meat again . ) |
| 27 | Christians had been compelled to give up meetings for corporate worship , but still kept up small prayer meetings in houses . |
| 28 | While this is not conceptually difficult many trainees are reluctant to give up labels that they believe are common sense shorthand . |
| 29 | If women are to be judged by their appearance , Mira ought to give up books : |
| 30 | Well that 's the thing I have I had to give up years ago . |