Example sentences of "[conj] gave up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miguel saw that he was getting nowhere , and gave up on that topic . |
| 2 | I was counting these pages last night and gave up at forty-two . |
| 3 | Kodiak the Alsatian barked at me for a few minutes , and gave up in resignation . |
| 4 | He made a show of pursuit , but gave up at the first intersection , returning to Jude breathless . |
| 5 | Penry made several attempts to break it , but gave up at last , his face like thunder as he drove at a speed which frightened Leonora to death . |
| 6 | I tried running but gave up after two paces , and then went from meditation to mental arithmetic , calculating the length of each step by counting them for each revolution of the wheel . |
| 7 | I made a mental effort to visualise his new house , to create some mind picture , but gave up after a few seconds . |
| 8 | CHART star Dr Alban trained for five years as a dentist — but gave up after a horrific teeth-pulling session . |