Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [adv] given [adv prt] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'd almost given up hope that you 'd ever see me as a girl … a woman . |
2 | By the time I had almost given up hope , a telegram arrived . |
3 | He said : ‘ It has been such a long time coming I had almost given up hope . |
4 | She had married late , at a time she had almost given up hope of finding a husband . |
5 | She had almost given up hope when she saw Meredith arm in arm with Grace and Bunny stepping off the kerb outside the Women 's Hospital . |
6 | She had almost given up drink . |
7 | ‘ We have never given up hope , especially as everyone in the North West was fighting for us , ’ added Fran . |
8 | But he revealed today he 'd never given up hope of signing the defender turned striker despite the breakdown of the original negotiations two months ago . |
9 | He had almost given up hope of meeting Liza on the beach and was considering whether he would , after all , call at Four Winds , despite Eleanor 's warnings , when , to his incredulous delight , on the fifth day of his visit , he saw a different figure scrambling down the cliff followed by a little girl . |