Example sentences of "i give [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I give up after an hour of civilisational water-treading , hit Store and slope off to bed . |
| 2 | I said yes , but I do n't think it was actually Jason Donovan , oh it was , yes , it was Jason Donovan and I 've got the paper all along , I give up in the end . |
| 3 | ‘ When the proposals failed , I gave up on the profession and have not set foot in the Institute since , but it is characteristic of Bill 's commitment that he has carried on regardless . ’ |
| 4 | So I gave up on the idea of girls until I was about fifteen , when I suppose my hormones calmed down a bit . |
| 5 | After a disastrous relationship in my early twenties in which the woman made me feel like a rapist , I gave up on the idea of sex and women . |
| 6 | I was feeling low and I gave in to a mad impulse . ’ |
| 7 | After about a year I gave in to the pull and discovered that fatherhood has made me a much more serious person . |