Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] [coord] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stopped shouting and gave up hammering on the door . |
| 2 | I know if people stopped carping and gave it a chance , they would get hooked . |
| 3 | ‘ You now , of course , come into possession of a substantial sum , following Miss Morgan 's death , ’ McLeish observed , sounding as accusing as he could , and she stopped chewing and gave him her full attention . |
| 4 | We wrote these extraordinary shows , and then I just put on a dinner-jacket , started singing and gave them up . ’ |
| 5 | And of course the erm , those sort with all the redden in them , muddly blue flames and they keep spitting and given pretty , pretty pictures , it 's gorgeous . |