Example sentences of "i have given [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've waited so long , I 'd given up all hope of ever having a bairn . ’ |
| 2 | Yeah , erm I er , I 'd given up erm about se seven weeks ago , and I was told that it was an anti-depressant and when I came off the cigarettes it was just terrible ! |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ There I was being really good , ’ Leslie says , ‘ I 'd given up smoking seven months before I became pregnant to get it all out of my body . |
| 5 | ‘ If you 'd like to know the truth , I 'd given up all thought of trying to persuade you to visit Bertha . |
| 6 | I 'd given up about three weeks before but I was ready to beg from him . |
| 7 | I had given up hope of a reply when , after two months and three days , a letter came which began , ‘ We find your proposals perfectly feasible … ’ . |
| 8 | In a way I had given up . |
| 9 | I sent back a tirade of bitter invective , written during a long , lonely evening when Richard was dining in college : did she think that because I had given up working for my degree I was necessarily isolated from intelligent thought ? |
| 10 | If I was a fish then I needed water and I had given up my right to it . |
| 11 | By about 4.30 am I had given up on trying to sleep so I got up to have a shower . |
| 12 | I had given up a good job to go there and when I came back after the adventure I had looked forward to for so long , I was very disappointed with myself . |
| 13 | I had given about half of the statement to a copy stenographer by telephone ( a normal procedure ) when a man with a southern or midland English accent intervened . |
| 14 | To be to be honest i I , I , it 's been , the presentation I 've given tonight has been slightly different , it 's the first time I tried it and it was really successful . |
| 15 | Follow the tips I 've given above and you will soon be making a start on your own collection of Civil War coins and relics . |
| 16 | 1 ) ‘ I 've given up worrying if my toddler does n't eat breakfast or lunch because I know she 'll eat almost as much as her dad for tea . |
| 17 | This is the ‘ I can not ’ , the ‘ I 've given up ’ state with absence of feelings , energy , vitality , enthusiasm , sometimes to the point where we may never try again . |
| 18 | I 've given up trying . ’ |
| 19 | Whenever I use anything else — a different amp or something — I just ca n't get anything to happen , so I 've given up trying , basically . ’ |
| 20 | I used to but I 've given up since my accident . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ No thanks Dee , I 've given up on climbing , it 's a bit boring . ’ |
| 22 | I especially hate pubs since I 've given up smoking ( the spurning of which addiction went completely unnoticed by our friend Stuart ) . |
| 23 | He could take her away , I thought , he could just do that , he has such power to hurt me , this little furry creature who has n't even noticed that I 've given up the weed . |
| 24 | I 've given up too much just to let it go . ’ |
| 25 | I 've given up on that idea actually . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've given up the cello for the moment , ’ said Finch . |
| 27 | Do you know I 've given up hours and hours of my time to distribute leaflets and address envelopes and argue with miserable people like you who do n't believe anything ? |
| 28 | I 've given up too soon with Caliban . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've given up my life for a fool and he 's never even noticed it . |
| 30 | I 've given up smoking and I 'm getting enrolled as a soldier . " |