Example sentences of "i have give [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was uncomfortable talking about the poems and Rory 's papers ; the bag lost on the train coming back from Lochgair at the start of the year had stayed lost , and — stuck with just the memory of the half-finished stuff that Janice had given me originally — I 'd given up on any idea I 'd ever had of trying to rescue Uncle Rory 's name from artistic oblivion , or discovering some great revelation in the texts . |
| 2 | If I took the food away from her too often , though , there was a danger she would lose interest , so I had to give in to her a few times . |
| 3 | By about 4.30 am I had given up on trying to sleep so I got up to have a shower . |
| 4 | ‘ No thanks Dee , I 've given up on climbing , it 's a bit boring . ’ |
| 5 | I 've given up on that idea actually . |
| 6 | No I 've given up on him . |
| 7 | I used to but I 've given up since my accident . ’ |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | I have given back to the Reich the provinces stolen from us in 1919 . |