Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [verb] given [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It has often been an uphill struggle and one wonders if they have given up . |
| 32 | The year before , Ruari had built himself a wee turf hut among the skeps on the moor to keep an eye on them , but Mairi complained about having to bring his food so far , and he 'd given up using it . |
| 33 | Lawrence catch behind and he 's given out . |
| 34 | Inspired probably by the continuing ill-feeling towards himself , Gurney had attempted to leave the Grammar School by applying for the Mastership of Wellington College early in 1855 , but the Goldsmiths declined to supply a testimonial of his conduct until he had given up his post , and his application therefore lapsed . |
| 35 | I used to but I 've given up since my accident . ’ |
| 36 | An ’ then , within a few years , they 'd got the babby an' she 'd given up teaching . |
| 37 | But she had given up telling Gloria about what went on each day . |
| 38 | But she had given up all hope of Joss Barnet returning that evening and nothing else in the world mattered . |
| 39 | I sent back a tirade of bitter invective , written during a long , lonely evening when Richard was dining in college : did she think that because I had given up working for my degree I was necessarily isolated from intelligent thought ? |
| 40 | We saved the party in nineteen eighty three , the G M B saved the party in that er , a crisis time th with the formation of the S D P and today the Tory government on its knees , staggering along and we have some people in the leadership of the Party and including , we can name them now , somebody 's written , writte written to all the constituencies , Neil Kinnock , who have given up the ghost of Labour ever winning again , and that 's what 's the base and the root of what 's going on , that 's why they want these proposals going through , they want to separate the trade unions from the Party so they can do a deal with the Liberals because they 've given up . |
| 41 | Despite this somewhat unstable basis the Company did quite well until 1630 when trade was dislocated by a famine in Gujerat , and in the next few years its legal position was undermined because Charles I allowed the Courteen family — whose interests in the West Indies had suffered because he had given away their rights in certain islands inadvertently — to trade with India without any regard for the Company 's charter . |
| 42 | I especially hate pubs since I 've given up smoking ( the spurning of which addiction went completely unnoticed by our friend Stuart ) . |
| 43 | So , does that mean , since you have given up painting , that you associate painting with stupidity ? |
| 44 | These tics , these traits , had become more pronounced since he had given up smoking . |
| 45 | They tell you to go on with artificial respiration for ever , for long after you 've given up hope . |
| 46 | One afternoon , after she had given up hope , stirring aïoli on the doorstep , Frederica heard the crunch of wheels on stones and saw the motorbike winding down the cliff with its two insect-heads swaying in harmony above it . |
| 47 | Yes , after we had given up all intention of going there , we have arrived . |
| 48 | Critics then and now say that Nonconformity did not create a new architecture after they had given up the old seventeenth and eighteenth-century meeting house . |
| 49 | After he had given up the slave trade and was already hoping to be ordained , he was appointed tide-surveyor in the port of Liverpool with duties that included the inspection of incoming vessels . |
| 50 | Although it is impossible to think of him as a Londoner , this move began a lifelong association with the capital to which he returned every year for a few months , even after he had given up all thoughts of making it his permanent home . |
| 51 | Oh yeah , but then you 've also got to watch I mean that I 'd , sometimes I 'd muck things up when I 've given too much choice I think |
| 52 | 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 . ’ |
| 53 | JUST WHEN you 'd given up on Italian House , along come more chattering piano breaks and gusty female vocals to drag you back onto your feet . |
| 54 | To be honest , it looked as though she had given up on being a woman . |
| 55 | The ability of ion exchange resin to remove calcium and magnesium ions is finite ; that is to say , when it has given up all its sodium ions it can no longer soften the water . |
| 56 | Only his beard continued to grow these days , for he had given up shaving ; a bad sign . |
| 57 | Feelings , the Collector now suspected , were just as important as ideas , though young Fleury no longer appeared to think so for he had given up talking of civilization as a " beneficial disease " ; he had discovered the manly pleasures to be found in inventing things , in making things work , in getting results , in cause and effect . |
| 58 | Remarkably , Mr McGovern has never had to sell equity in his firm to outside investors , though he has given away nearly 30% to motivate employees . |