Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] him give [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A former bus driver , illness forced him to give up the DIAL office at Kingsley which he ran successfully for two years . |
| 2 | When blindness compelled him to give up farming in 1966 he learned Braille and carried on with his public duties , being much in demand as a witty public speaker . |
| 3 | Later in his career , when his delicate health forced him to give up racing , he took over the Danebury stables from John Day , and became renowned as a trainer of steeplechasers as well as flat racers . |
| 4 | Deteriorating eyesight compelled him to give up painting in 1975 , but he lived to see the beginning of a major revival of his reputation . |
| 5 | Persistent ill health induced him to give up the surveyorship at Christ 's Hospital in January 1816 and that of the Bethlehem Hospital the following year . |
| 6 | There was a receipt showing that after lack of money forced him to give up the flat , in 1989 , he bought a luxury caravan . |
| 7 | His quest for adventure led him to give up the business and sail around the world with a friend in 1980 — but disaster struck . |
| 8 | The knee injury forced him to give up playing at 23 . |