Example sentences of "[noun pl] give [pn reflx] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the scene of the two-year-old 's death , a telegraph pole bears a long poem pleading with the killers to give themselves up and release the family from their pain . |
| 2 | Two Palestinians were shot dead in clashes with the Israeli army in the occupied territories yesterday as wanted Arabs gave themselves up for fear of being shot by undercover squads . |
| 3 | Mr Telford , of Wheatley , Doncaster , could hear appeals to give himself up — but his replies were drowned by the noise of air rushing down the shaft . |
| 4 | The hijackers gave themselves up after receiving assurances that they could seek asylum elsewhere . |
| 5 | The rebels gave themselves up to loyal officers later that day . |
| 6 | It was to be 24 days before the last hard-core protesters gave themselves up . |
| 7 | The aim was to get the Davidians to give themselves up . |
| 8 | Then the two ladies gave themselves up to the Favaid-i-Osmaniyeh , a Turkish company running steamers to Trebizond . |
| 9 | About 1,000 of the PKK forces gave themselves up to Iraqi Kurds who moved them to camps south of the Turkish border . |
| 10 | The attackers gave themselves up and the incident so shocked the student fraternity that further protests were muted for a time . |
| 11 | This is a play in which the priggish young hide their emotions while their elders give themselves up to extremes of passion . |
| 12 | He 'd strangled two children with his bare hands , then called the police to give himself up . |
| 13 | A spokesman for the British UN forces in Vitez said the men gave themselves up into their protection after making their way from Travnik , where they had been held . |
| 14 | A priest was then brought in to mediate and the men gave themselves up . |
| 15 | But the siege ended peacefully after two unarmed men gave themselves up . |
| 16 | After around seven hours the man came to the door and after negotiating with police gave himself up . |