Example sentences of "i 've given up " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I 've given up trying . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | I used to but I 've given up since my accident . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ No thanks Dee , I 've given up on climbing , it 's a bit boring . ’ |
| 7 | I especially hate pubs since I 've given up smoking ( the spurning of which addiction went completely unnoticed by our friend Stuart ) . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I 've given up too much just to let it go . ’ |
| 10 | I 've given up on that idea actually . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've given up the cello for the moment , ’ said Finch . |
| 12 | 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 ? |
| 13 | I 've given up too soon with Caliban . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've given up my life for a fool and he 's never even noticed it . |
| 15 | I 've given up smoking and I 'm getting enrolled as a soldier . " |
| 16 | " I 've given up my lodging in Leeds , as well . |
| 17 | I 've given up trying to buy stamps from the Post Office — again because the queues are so long — and I now get them in books from my newsagent . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've given up too many things in the past and I intend to hang on to every penny that the sale of this house fetches . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've given up Sotheby 's . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Now I 've given up all hope ( of returning to Formula One ) . ’ |
| 21 | I 've given up my sewing . |
| 22 | Same as yours , yeah , I 've given up buying funny flavours now I just buy strawberries cos nobody ever liked them |
| 23 | No I 've given up on him . |