Example sentences of "give up [conj] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thought you 'd give up and go away , as the woman who was supposed to be writing the book did . |
| 2 | ‘ He 's only doing his job and pretty soon he 'll give up and go away . |
| 3 | He was not reading the district well this evening , he might as well give up and go home . |
| 4 | Thinking that if he ignored her , did n't show even a whisper of interest in her , she would give up and go home under her own steam , thereby allowing her to rescue some of her dignity . |
| 5 | Let's give up and go back downstairs . ’ |
| 6 | Why do n't you just give up and go back down to London ? |
| 7 | Eventually he 'd give up and walk away , his grey beard moving up and down as he mumbled to himself , the words spilling out of his almost toothless mouth . |
| 8 | Fitting the right lock in the right place will make a thief think twice — he might give up and move on to easier targets . |
| 9 | So that when they come to assessment in the Upper School … they can actually analyse and rationalize why things work and why they do n't , why they should change direction , why they should give up and start again , and why they should logically follow the piece through . |
| 10 | ‘ We might as well give up and die right here . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You were saying we might as well give up and die right here , ’ said Granny Morkie helpfully . |
| 12 | If it 's not the best skate mag on the shelf then we had better give up and take up flower pressing . |
| 13 | Maybe seven minutes had passed but she dared not wait any longer because who knew when the miners might give up and come back ? |
| 14 | The real failures are those who give up and do n't attempt to succeed at all after the first setback . |
| 15 | Trying everything — squatting , birthing chairs , all fours — but give up and lie down . |
| 16 | At that stage any pressure may be such a test for faith that the believer is faced with a choice : Give up or go back to square one . |
| 17 | ‘ I told her you 'd given up and gone home . |
| 18 | Stefan was in the front booking office ; not really his job but the front of house manager had given up and gone home to bed . |
| 19 | By mid-season Lotus had given up and gone back to the 72 . |
| 20 | Their occupants had failed to find land or position and stood on station platforms calling on their westbound fellows to give up and turn back . |
| 21 | I did n't want them fussing , trying to persuade me to give up and come home … ! ’ |
| 22 | Many are said to give up and drive off . |
| 23 | So , instead of giving up and moving on — as the man interested only in the shooting aspect would do — I now introduce my line ferrets in those situations where loose ferrets remain below the ground . |
| 24 | And if you start to talk about me giving up and coming home with you , it ends right there . ’ |
| 25 | It looked as if we had painted ourselves into a corner and I was on the verge of giving up and going home when Jake trundled up with his totter 's cart and his little skewbald pony . |
| 26 | She gave up and rode on . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , some people say he died in the town , always trying to make a broom that would last ; others say he just gave up and wasted away , others that he got somebody else to make the brooms and found somebody to provide better twigs , and got people to sell the brooms in other towns and cities , and hired more people to make more brooms , and built a broom-making factory , and made lots of money and had a splendid house made … |
| 28 | When he eventually gave up and drove away , he was weighed down by a leaden conviction that he would never return . |
| 29 | Wendy ran after her child but her spiked heels slowed her , so she gave up and came back home and made herself a cup of coffee and read the stories in the back of her magazine . |
| 30 | Dizzy shook his head and put a finger to his lips , calling to her for silence ; so Alina waited , and after a while the young woman gave up and went away . |