Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [vb base] give [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whenever I use anything else — a different amp or something — I just ca n't get anything to happen , so I 've given up trying , basically . ’ |
| 2 | The good news is that , once you have given up smoking and sufficient time has elapsed for the nicotine to clear your system , your memory and mental ability is likely to be just as good as that of someone who has never smoked . |
| 3 | But everyone still thought we were being stupid and wacky , so we 've given over . |
| 4 | But everyone still thought we were being stupid and wacky , so we 've given over . |
| 5 | ‘ This information can then be used to help them avoid those situations once they have given up . ’ |
| 6 | There may not be much room in the house you are sharing with your parents for a baby , perhaps , or he may be worried about money if you intend giving up work . |
| 7 | ‘ If we do give up , Donald and all the other boys who have lost their lives there will have died for nothing . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ If we have to give back the kettles and toasters , we 'll have nothing left . ’ |
| 9 | It has often been an uphill struggle and one wonders if they have given up . |
| 10 | ‘ And worse still , ’ she says , ‘ I often worry that my other two children are suffering because I have to give so much attention to Graham . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I especially hate pubs since I 've given up smoking ( the spurning of which addiction went completely unnoticed by our friend Stuart ) . |
| 13 | So , does that mean , since you have given up painting , that you associate painting with stupidity ? |
| 14 | They tell you to go on with artificial respiration for ever , for long after you 've given up hope . |
| 15 | When I try to give up who I am erm none of who I am has to do with this external er additional tool . |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | ‘ My family has always helped me out , but it 's getting hard , especially as I have to give up work for four months . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . ’ |
| 19 | Discriminatory and punitive rates , like Mr Smith 's 59 per cent , not only put many of the most agile brains in the country to work to find ways of avoiding them but create a profound disinclination to work harder or take risks when you have to give nearly 60 per cent of it to the Government . |
| 20 | we know , from research even amongst very young girls who only smoke a few cigarettes a week , that when they try to give up they get withdrawal symptoms , and so having a cigarette erm helps them |