Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] given [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Medical sociology has long since given up looking at process — it 's too busy experiencing illness and waffling on about doctor-patient interaction . |
| 3 | Well , Debbie has just about given in . |
| 4 | The government has now effectively given up trying to protect Canadian television ( much of which is publicly funded ) from new competition from US satellites . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm rather lame people in the village say you 've caught arthritis , and I caught it a year or two ago but my brain has n't entirely given out . |
| 6 | I 'd long since given up trying to get her not to call me that . |
| 7 | Then the conifers would have long since given up their job as nurses to the beeches and ended in a timber yard . |
| 8 | HP appears to have pretty much given up on its own object-oriented New Wave environment for Unix . |
| 9 | He had long since given up reading the tabloids . |
| 10 | Mother had long since given up remonstrating with us on the need to show respect and reverence towards our aunts , her sisters-in-law . |
| 11 | Colonel Fergusson had long since given up trying to understand the business . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | His hand and arms were free , but his knees and ankles had long since given out . |
| 14 | But I had not voluntarily given up my ‘ lecturing ’ ; my institute had closed on account of the Cyprus situation , and I had to make do with inadequate ‘ private means ’ , even ‘ touching capital ’ , which would have deeply shocked Ivy . |
| 15 | In any event , and this is the real answer , Bismarck had not yet given up hope of bringing his scheme to a successful conclusion and even though it seemed difficult to envisage just how this could be done , he waited for his moment . |
| 16 | In 1095 , Anselm had not yet given up hope of working amicably with the king . |
| 17 | While Mary Tudor lived , the Protestants in Scotland had never actually given up , but as long as England as well as France and Spain was Catholic , all they could hope for was survival ; and there was no point in preferring an English alliance to a French one . |
| 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 seagulls have long since given up on this ferry . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Birds have long since given up trying to nest in her eaves . |
| 23 | Orrell , who have not yet given up hope of winning the Courage League Championship despite last week 's narrow defeat by Wasps , will have Shaun Gallagher back in the line-up for Monday 's fixture at Harlequins . |
| 24 | Although they have other options , the fact they have not yet given up on Hirst means they still feel they can sign their prime target . |
| 25 | I have really almost given up trying to discuss their poems , and just talk about poetry . |
| 26 | ‘ I have n't completely given up on the Steinbergers , though . |
| 27 | With Lewis 's share likely to be around £5.5m for the fight of his life , the British and Commonwealth champion 's handers would have to break the bank to shift the fight from Las Vegas - but they have n't entirely given up hope . |