Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [vb mod] give [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can not stand it any longer , if someone does not come to me I will give up and be miserable for ever and perhaps go home of my own accord , write or wire to Uncle C. and say you are coming at once pleas darling , and come on Saturday or I will give up altogether and always wretched . |
| 2 | CAUTION — make sure you get the ball and not the player , or you could give away a free kick ! |
| 3 | We have been drawing attention to the defects of the Labour party campaign , and I shall give just one example . |
| 4 | I actually try and educate the public , I do school talks , I will go outside a circus and I will give out leaflets . |
| 5 | This made it all the harder for the mother to treat the ailing youngster and she might give up on the treatment for this reason . |
| 6 | However , she can not control every aspect of government and she will give up some of her authority to , for example , the Chancellor of the Exchequer where financial matters are concerned . |
| 7 | Because you 're sitting down with your partners and we 'll give actually literature which your managers will give you . |
| 8 | Most important of all , the cultural prohibitions on his genital urge are now fully enforced and he must give up the freedom of infantile sexual gratification for the responsibilities of adult life ; in short , he must obey the taboos against incest embodied in the elaborate kinship systems of the Australian aborigines and observe those against parricide enshrined in the totemic religion . |
| 9 | Views were expressed : ‘ Not only do we need to experience real work , ’ went the argument , ‘ but we should give up our holiday times to do it ! ’ |
| 10 | But he would give generously of his time to such organisations as the British Council , helping to audition young people with ambitions to dance . |