Example sentences of "i gave up " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well yes , but let me say that I gave up going to auditions well before I became well known through The History Man , on television . |
| 2 | I gave up because I felt insulted . |
| 3 | When afros came in I gave up . |
| 4 | What do you mean ? she said At that point I gave up . |
| 5 | ‘ I am a teacher of English at a school in Cologne and I gave up my job at the end of March and returned to England . ’ |
| 6 | Wexford waited for her to talk of love and instead heard her say with a strange sense of shock , ‘ I gave up my job , as I told you , and came back to London to live with him . |
| 7 | ‘ I started making hats when I gave up my job and needed something to do . |
| 8 | After giving your letter to my ‘ bonne ’ yesterday I gave up the fight and retired in good order to bed , where I am still . |
| 9 | I gave up the stiff white collars that I had worn at the advertising agency and was careful to wear plain ties ; but my suits were Burton 's at £10 a time . |
| 10 | So I gave up my quest . |
| 11 | I gave up work so I could practise singing and playing , and went on the dole in England . |
| 12 | I could not keep up with the demands of trying to keep everyone happy , and in desperation to make sure I keep my looks , I gave up eating , ’ she is alleged to have said . |
| 13 | I try to see Oreste , or used to before I gave up the torture , but all I see is a baby , fat and dimpled … ’ |
| 14 | Since the conversation was outpacing my efforts to note the salient points , I gave up trying and used the little tape-recorder I had brought with me . |
| 15 | At the third attempt I gave up and hailed a taxi . |
| 16 | I gave up the job there and then and headed for Brazil . |
| 17 | When Nicklaus did finally track me down he told me the bag was still mine if I wanted it , but I told him I 'd already committed myself , so I gave up the chance . |
| 18 | ‘ I used to ask myself that one but I gave up trying to find an answer long ago . ’ |
| 19 | I gave up the idea of tea , but was able to make a washer in the afternoon with rubber from an abandoned tyre . |
| 20 | While it was charming I was not at all happy there so I gave up the grandiose life and moved over to the Peel Street YMCA . |
| 21 | At the agreed rate of 10¢ per column inch it meant that if I could provide two 25-inch columns per day , which was relatively easy for me , I could earn about $30 per week which was $6 more than I was getting when I gave up the staff job . |
| 22 | It was at this point that I gave up any hopes for an aviation career simply because of the increasing high cost of hiring that DH Moth for a few hours every weekend . |
| 23 | So I gave up the production of all but ‘ Leicester Square to Broadway ’ and began to wonder if I would not be happier producing shows for the BBC in London or in another country — perhaps China . |
| 24 | I gave up trying to resuscitate that fern that had once had such shiny green leaves and perky look , declared it dead , threw it out of the house and went to see my surgeon . |
| 25 | I got so bad I could n't do it so I gave up . |
| 26 | After about an hour I gave up and retired to the Met Office , very much put out . |
| 27 | I gave up thoughts of university when I was offered a trainee manager post . ’ |
| 28 | After five lorries and two vans I gave up . |
| 29 | Australian sprinter Raeleen Boyle once said that she did n't think she 'd ‘ ever felt totally comfortable with my lifestyle since I gave up running . ’ |
| 30 | I gave up . |