Example sentences of "[conj] gave [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was propped against the end-post of a break in the wall , the same break that gave on to the cottage steps which Forester had passed before . |
| 2 | From the iron gates that gave on to the road the palace was visible through tall plane tress , but it was not easily accessible . |
| 3 | They had a key and saw in deliveries of this and that — a couple of times , large van loads of furniture — and gave willingly of their time . |
| 4 | Miguel saw that he was getting nowhere , and gave up on that topic . |
| 5 | I was counting these pages last night and gave up at forty-two . |
| 6 | Kodiak the Alsatian barked at me for a few minutes , and gave up in resignation . |
| 7 | Dreamy and passive , she lay in the scented water and gave in to Adam 's sensual massage . |
| 8 | Collecting up her leaflets , she made her way up to bed , and gave in to the little grin that had been trying to break out a few minutes before . |
| 9 | One was that some members of the public were unaware that they need not pay and gave in to the pressure of successive threatening letters . |
| 10 | Overnight , as passengers slept soundly in their cabins after a long day ashore , or the more hardy danced and gave in to the temptations of the midnight buffet , the Ocean Empress had weighed anchor and begun to move south again , until , shortly after dawn , the silence of the engines pronounced her arrival in Tenerife off the west coast of Africa . |
| 11 | He made a show of pursuit , but gave up at the first intersection , returning to Jude breathless . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I made a mental effort to visualise his new house , to create some mind picture , but gave up after a few seconds . |
| 15 | CHART star Dr Alban trained for five years as a dentist — but gave up after a horrific teeth-pulling session . |