Example sentences of "give up when " in BNC.
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| 1 | You just do n't give up when there 's a profit to be made . ’ |
| 2 | So far , the Government have made a large number of verbal commitments to creating the terms and conditions of employment that would enable women to stay in the work force and not give up when they have families . |
| 3 | Endill thought he had given up when suddenly the rope became taught . |
| 4 | I was helping Aunt Tone prepare stuff in the kitchen but had to give up when Lewis and Verity volunteered to assist as well , and then spent most of the time feeding one another little bits of food , goosing each other and going into sardinely-intimate huddles punctuated by low whispers , bursts of baboon-like giggles and convincingly porcine snorts . |
| 5 | ‘ I hate to give up when we 're so close . |
| 6 | He , he did it once or twice , had to give up when he got to the mouth of the River Orwell because he mistimed the currents but he did , he did eventually do it from Stoke Bathing Place to Felixstowe . |
| 7 | ‘ In some cases smoking is as addictive as heroin and it is difficult for people to give up when they have been inhaling deeply for a number of years , ’ he told a news conference at the Royal Society in London . |
| 8 | She deliberately stayed late , working long after a disapproving Myra had said goodnight , and only giving up when she was too tired to see the design she was working on . |
| 9 | I just feel he gave up when he got in that home . |
| 10 | But they gave up when they failed to obtain financial assistance from the British government . |
| 11 | There was no sound of a human voice enquiring for his safety ; he shouted that he was safe , but gave up when he got no re-assuring reply ; he wondered if his friends had reached safety or had been caught under the falling rock . |
| 12 | The Guard Regiment formed by Nkrumah for his protection fought the mutineers and only gave up when they threatened to kill Nkrumah 's wife and three infants . |
| 13 | She counts off on her hands , but gives up when she runs out of fingers . |