Example sentences of "[conj] give [adv] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | The original board ( linked by the presence of John Locke to the Carolinas and the colonies of the 1660s ) helped to unite the two New Jerseys , and continued the policy of encouraging proprietors to sell or give up their special powers and turn their domains into royal colonies . |
| 2 | When some boys at the school put excrement under the headmaster 's chair , he contrasted the culprits unfavourably with true school sportsmen : ‘ Last Friday I was feeling pretty low when I found out about this lot … but then I went to football on Saturday , there were several lads and teachers there , playing their hearts out or giving up their time just for the school , and then I thought , ‘ Perhaps , it 's not so bad after all . ’ |
| 3 | This is an alternative to war which states could in theory accept without giving up their own moral values , going back on their own factual claims , losing their dignity in the community of nations , or giving up their political endeavours to persuade others to their point of view . |
| 4 | That is , the word or words of the lexia are doing more than giving up their meaning as words . |
| 5 | Rose started a small flower garden in front of the house soon after coming and there he could often be found , at first helping Rose , then taking over and extending the garden across the footpath until all the green inside the thorn hedge was alive with colour : little beds of forget-me-nots and sweet william , rows of wallflowers that gave out their fragrance in the evenings , formal lilies and roses . |
| 6 | The Norman conquest brought with it , among many other customs , the strewing on floors of aromatic plants that gave off their scent when walked upon . |
| 7 | I would like to look at the people who are being cared for , the people that we 're talking about , are the elderly , quite often these people have lived through two world wars and given up their young married life , they have brought up their children through the bleak days of the general strike , is it right that these people have to suffer the indignity of charity hand-outs ? |
| 8 | She says : ‘ People tend to forget that WRVS volunteers have jobs and give up their spare time willingly to help the public . |
| 9 | They made me welcome and gave up their time to talk freely and openly about everything that had happened to them . |
| 10 | But may I add a special welcome to the unsung heroines and heroes who are not permanent staff , but give up their time — and in some cases their entire annual leave — to work for the Festival when the high pressure time arrives . |
| 11 | Corporate funding , which rose to around £30m last year , has its part to play , irritating though it is when executives parade as great patrons while giving away their shareholders ' money . |
| 12 | Sir : Your otherwise sound leading article ( 'Private gifts for public arts ' , 11 October ) shot itself hypocritically in the foot in its last paragraph by expressing irritation with corporate executives who ‘ parade as great patrons while giving away their shareholders ’ money' . |