Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [adv] given [adv prt] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has even given up her beloved Russian , learnt painstakingly with the help of an old Cyrillic typewriter . |
| 2 | They have even given up their company cars and now tout for business in the firm 's delivery van . |
| 3 | ‘ Mr. Green finding it industriously circulated that he has entirely given up his intention of completing his survey , conceives himself for the liberal patronage he has experienced under the obligation of informing his subscribers that so far from relinquishing it , the Plan is three fourths finished , and that he intends laying aside all his other occupations to appropriate the ensuing half-year , from Christmas to midsummer , solely to that work , about which time , as part of it will very early in spring be put into the hands of able engravers , he hopes to complete it . |
| 4 | He 'd reluctantly given up his ambition to become a pro footballer — ’ it did n't work out , basically , because of politics . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |