After 11 days trapped down a rabbit hole, the dog had been given up for dead. |
When she had turned fifteen, she had given up trying to win her father's love and attention. |
I made the mistake of thinking that they had given up and commandeered my favorite inflatable raft to float me around the pool. |
Two years later, in 1967, Sargent retired from her Readership and, unlike many mathematicians, seems to have given up research at this time. |
Participants in the program will not be detained and will be given up to 90 days in which to put their affairs in order. |
You can quibble about the balance between kawanatanga and te tino rangitiratanga, but something was very definitely being given up. |