Example sentences of "few [noun pl] [pron] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I had to keep stopping to peer at the pages , so after a few attempts I gave up . |
| 2 | I 'll write more about testing the call to such work , but within a few months we gave up our travelling ministry and took a team of sixteen adults plus their children out of St Luke 's and began Cranham Community Church . |
| 3 | After only a few days he gave up and did his best to ignore them even though they had the one thing above all he was beginning to want : freedom . |
| 4 | Furthermore , this is one of the few studies which gives an account of the feelings after the task was completed . |
| 5 | And there were other things ; saliva drooled from her lips and every few seconds she gave a retching cough . |
| 6 | Doggedly she kept her head down over the jewel-coloured designs , trying to concentrate , but after another few seconds she gave up and laid down her pen with elaborate resignation . |