Example sentences of "she have given [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 Spokesman Peter Titterton cheekily suggested that Princess Di should drive one now she has given up her Mercedes .
2 She 'd given up and love had not visited her lonely shore in years .
3 She 'd given up .
4 Christ , Clare was even fit at the time ; she 'd given up doing coke and taken up healthy shit like running and swimming .
5 She 'd given up all hope of having children , you see .
6 An ’ then , within a few years , they 'd got the babby an' she 'd given up teaching .
7 Until last week , she worked as a cleaner at the local community centre , but colleagues say she 'd given up the job to spend more time with her sick mother .
8 Harriet made a grunting sound that meant she 'd given in under protest and Jess did n't wait for any other sign .
9 During the day , Erika wondered what her mother wanted her for , but after two hours in the gym she had given up wondering , and , indeed , had forgotten about it .
10 But she had given up telling Gloria about what went on each day .
11 She had given up all hope of ever bringing Oreste over .
12 She had given up all idea of exercising any power over fate .
13 If she will be earning , that will eat into her profits , but she is likely to be more contented than if she had given up her job .
14 She had given up work to have the children and she 'd seen them through to school age , when she 'd gone out and found herself another job .
15 To be honest , it looked as though she had given up on being a woman .
16 But she had given up all hope of Joss Barnet returning that evening and nothing else in the world mattered .
17 She had given up meat .
18 She had given up counting the number of marriage proposals she had turned down over the years .
19 Her hair , which had always been her most attractive feature , was now lined with grey , and she had given up dying it black .
20 She missed the sight of Arnold padding around in the background filling up glasses and , because he was no longer there to enjoy the effect of her jokes , she had given up making them .
21 One afternoon , after she had given up hope , stirring aïoli on the doorstep , Frederica heard the crunch of wheels on stones and saw the motorbike winding down the cliff with its two insect-heads swaying in harmony above it .
22 She had given up concerning herself with the agent of the Scarabae .
23 She had given up calling him ‘ sir ’ , he noticed .
24 She had given up her job the week before .
25 She had given up her hard-earned scholarship to make a home for them — she could n't do both !
26 as if sensing that she had given up fighting him for the present , fitzAlan released her immediately , frowning down at her distraught face .
27 Elizabeth was not altogether in favour of the last choice but as Lamb was now officially betrothed to Martha , she had given in .
28 She could not refuse him , accordingly , and did not ; but more and more it was almost as if she had given in to Mr Poole 's demands ; one man was much like another .
29 She had given in because she found him irresistible and , looking at his strong brown back in the first grey light of dawn , she still found him so .
30 During the short time their marriage had lasted , there had been so many times when she had given in to Julius 's forceful demands , just to keep the peace .
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