Example sentences of "had [adv] given up [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brucie should have asked his old mucker why he had apparently given up his comedy career to become a fulltime golfer , but he seemed more interested in sticking to what appeared to be a well-prepared script . |
| 2 | Brucie should have asked his old mucker why he had apparently given up his comedy career to become a full-time golfer , but he seemed more interested in sticking to what appeared to be a well-prepared script . |
| 3 | Brucie should have asked his old mucker why he had apparently given up his comedy career to become a full-time golfer , but he seemed more interested in sticking to what appeared to be a well-prepared script . |
| 4 | For their part , the Muslims had already given up their claim to reunion with Syria as their price for participation in government under the Covenant . |
| 5 | The rack shelving , together with its load of books and ornaments , had finally given up its unequal struggle with the force of gravity . |
| 6 | Sandra had virtually given up her career to devote herself to the task of keeping house and raising a family , though , in that respect , the relationship did not mature as she had hoped . |
| 7 | He was thirty-five , had recently given up his job as science master at Dulwich College , and was crossing the Atlantic — according to subsequent family legend , at least — in half-hearted pursuit of an American heiress . |