Example sentences of "i [vb base] give [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No one knows more than me how much I owe to this country , how much I vow to give back to it for what it has done to me , ’ he said . |
| 2 | ‘ No thanks Dee , I 've given up on climbing , it 's a bit boring . ’ |
| 3 | I 've given up on that idea actually . |
| 4 | No I 've given up on him . |
| 5 | I used to but I 've given up since my accident . ’ |
| 6 | We only start to talk about sacrifice with our children when something seriously wrong has happened in the relationship , when the mother or father says bitterly : ‘ Do n't you understand what I have given up for you ? |
| 7 | I have given back to the Reich the provinces stolen from us in 1919 . |