Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] to give [pron] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had to give it up . |
| 2 | ‘ How 's that scheme of yours coming on ? ’ you might ask him and he would reply with just a little too much nonchalance to sound natural : ‘ Oh , I had to give it up ; we had good reason for thinking that the goons were on to it . ’ |
| 3 | I used to follow a bit but I had to give it up . |
| 4 | Well I was t taking piano lessons , studying for the exams I went over the top , I had to give it up and I did n't go to school then for another eighteen months . |
| 5 | ‘ I lived in his house for three weeks , unable to go out , in such an agony of self-disgust and fear that many times I wanted to give myself up . |
| 6 | And gradually the school declined , until she had to give it up and retire to end her days in the white cottage with the inevitable cat as her only companion . |
| 7 | She had to give it up when she became too sick . |
| 8 | on how he managed to give them up . |
| 9 | So he could n't keep it going any longer and he had to give it up , so he 's on the dole again . |